Shannon Says...: Time for Change

Good afternoon everyone! I am currently up in Athlone having a nice relaxing weekend and thought I'd use my free time (at long last) to write this post. I've had an insane couple of weeks and now everything is starting to get back into swing.

If you are a regular reader or follow me on facebook, you'll already know that over the next year, I am taking a break from institutionalised education and opting to try and learn something by myself. I've applied for Event Management with PR in GMIT and hopefully, in a couple of weeks, I'll be receiving news that I've been offered a place. If I am so lucky, I'll defer it and attend in September of 2015. I really want to be able to look back on the following year and say, "oh yes, that was the year I.........". So to start, I joined Weight Watchers. Why? Because I wanted to do something for myself. It's not because I'm over weight or have some dire health issue, I just want to be healthier. I want to be able to look back on photo's when I'm 50 years old and think "damn, I looked good". It also helps that my Mum is showing support by doing it with me.

I know that Weight Watchers works differently on everyone. Some people don't like it and others do. My Mum has lost over 6 Stone with Weight Watchers in the past. We both have the same tendencies and put on weight in the same areas so I thought that maybe Weight Watchers would suit me too. I love how the programme is almost like a little project (if you know me at all, you'll know that I like a challenging project). I also love how they give you a book lit of the foods you can and cannot eat, along with how to build your breakfast, lunch and dinner. They also include some amazing recipes.

I'm excited to start this new chapter of my life. I don't want to look back on this year and realise that I achieved nothing. I've taken the first step, I've started. I also see this as a fabulous opportunity to build my bag and shoe collection seeing that I'll be refraining from buying clothes for a while!