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Although I never thought the day would come where I decided to get off of facebook, January 3rd happened. As a result of a 3 month weight loss challenge that I recently joined, I also decided to make many more changes in my life as the new year begins. One of those being a break from facebook (hence the blog title.)  This blog will (hopefully) be a daily account in which I will be able to share pictures, stories and laughs that I experience along my journey as a new healthy Mommy. Instead of checking the facebook newsfeed every hour or updating my status each day or "checking in" to wherever I go, I will take a short amount of time, each day to write a little post. With all of the many goals or should I say resolutions that I have decided to make for 2011, I am almost happy to say goodbye (for now) to facebook. As my friend, Heather, has put it- facebook is a "time waster." There are many things that I can be using my free time for instead of "creeping" on facebook. :)

So, to kick things off...
I'm excited to share that Colton is 8 months and 10 days old today. He's in the 49th percentile in weight, 76th percentile in height and a whopping 98 in head circumference. Yes, I have a kid with a HUGE brain! This stage that he is at right now is one of the most fun so far! He is so active, always smiling, trying to talk and communicate with us and he is SO ready to walk. He's mastered the crawling, and has moved on to the attempt at walking. We have a Winny the Pooh train walker that he can push and walk behind and if I could share the face he gets when he's all proud, I would. He's growing so fast and it's literally the best thing in the world to experience.

As for Coltons Mom... (mE!) I've joined the Healthy Hot Mama Weight Loss Challenge! http://healthyhotmama.blogspot.com/ My goal is to lose 40lbs! ...and to win the challenge! So far, I have decided to kick off the weight loss with immediate results by doing the Master Cleanse. This is my fifth day and I've lost a total of 10lbs. My goal was to do this for the whole 14 days, but after speaking with my Grandma on the phone last night, I've decided to cut it in half and only do 7 days. She explained to me that Dr. Oz had a whole show dedicated to this and how very unhealthy it is. My Grandma made me promise that I would not continue with this or else she would worry. Any of you that know me know that I'm gonna do whatever it takes to make my Grandma happy! :) So, I'm reaching the end of my "fast" and will be moving on to more healthier options. I'm actually very happy to be able to stop because then I can finally start to work out again!

Chris (Colton's Dad), Colton & I are currently living with my mom and on a "get well plan" with our finances. The goal is to be out by the end of April. My weight loss challenge will end at the beginning and so I'm planning on being a healthy, determined Mama once moving day finally comes around.

There are a lot of goals within these larger goals, like not drinking and eating fatty foods... also spending more time with people that I love, planning one of my best friends weddings, becoming a better girlfriend (and hopeful soon to be wife), as well as continuing my search for a job or career that I really love. All of this has become my new journey as a healthy, new Mom!