Finding My (Writing) Voice

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I know I know it has been a long time in between posts, but please trust me when I say I have started many a draft only to lose momentum or not really know what I want to say.

I started this blog as a weight loss blog but weight loss hasn't really been a focus of my life for the last few months.

I read all these other fabulous blogs and tell myself I will never sound as good as that. they have an opinion, they have something to say - where I still feel I am finding my way.

I want to sound original, I want to sound cool but I feel like I sound like a fake, I feel like a fool......because

I want to be validated by lots of comments and feel part of the crew.

In real life, I am hardly ever stuck for words, funny quips just flow from my tongue, I have opinions and can convey them eloquently - why can't I get them out here!

Maybe I'm overcomplicating the process and should just start writing abiut what I want to write about - but shit that's the problem I don't know what I want to write about!

Where the hell do I start?

Revisiting - It's as Easy as ABC

I love this post, I originally wrote it in May 2010 and thought it was worth a revisit to remind me why I am undertaking this journey!  Hope it gives you a laugh!


So here is my ABC on why I want to lose weight!

A - Andrea, I'm doing it for me!

B - Bikinis, a teeny weeny polka dot bikini

C -Chocolate, I'm not craving it anymore

D -Dreams, my life long dream has been to be slim

E - Exercise, gives me more Energy

F - F*ck Me Boots - that FIT

G -Guilt, so I can be rid of it

H -Happier, a happier me is a nicer me

I - Important - this is the most important thing I am ever going to do

J - Jeans, so my bum looks hot in them.

K - Kids, so I have and run after them easily

L - Love, because I love myself

M - Mirror, to love my reflection

N - Norks - so they are a bit more of a regular size

O - Orgasms, so I can have more of them **blush**

P - Paranoia, to lose the paranoia that I'm not going to fit into a seat or that I'm the fattest person in the room

Q - Quick Fix, none here this is a change for life

R - Relationships, so they all improve

S - Sexy Lingerie, lingerie is not sexy in a size 20!

T -Thighs, to lessen the battle they have with each other when I walk

U - Use, my head, my body and my heart together to get where I want to be

V - Vegies, bright, colourful, fresh, healthy - just like me!

W - Waist - so I can see it!

X - X-rated, this goes with O!

Y - Yesterday, behind me

Z- Zzzzzzz, better sleep and no more nanna naps

100 Posts and it's a Blog Hop!!

I Love Blogging!

I just really do!

I love having a little creative input to the world and being able to share myself with world, albeit shielded by my trust computer screen.

Blogging has been a HUGE help to me in staying focused, getting advice, feeling the love and stabilising the roller coaster that is my journey to a slimmer, healthier and more fantastic life!

It blows my mind that I followers from all over the world and these people care about what's going on with little old me!

I love reading the blogs that I follow and hope that my comments make someone's day a bit brighter, their journey easier to bear.

So thank you to everyone that has encouraged me with their comments and who has shared a part of their life with me!

Love Andrea

PS Below is a link to a Blog Hop run by Diminishing Lucy - one of the first blogs I started following! I think she is awesome xx

Word!

Thank you for your great comments guys, you've really spurred me on! I think I'm just getting used to the sound of my own (blogging) voice, its a bit like when you hear yourself on a recording or something and your voice sounds completely different to the one in your head (he he!) - When I hear myself on tape I think what an Ocka (sp?), while in my head I'm very well spoken and articulate!  Alas, we are our own worst critics!

Weigh-in today! Feeling a bit nervous as I really really really want to reach my first mini-goal today! So trying to focus on work and going shopping afterwards to buy a pressie for my friend who is having a baby today!

I loved your comment Deb, about being able to use words like wanker here, what other words do you guys like to use that are a bit colourful?

Not sure what to call this blog...I hope something comes to me!

Sometimes when I read my blogs a few hours or days after writing them I think I sound like a wanker.  Is this normal?  Are people really interested in what I have to say?  I have to say I'm really addicted to this blogging and writing lark and I often come up with ideas when I'm far far away from my blog.

I've always loved writing, it was something I discovered while at school and, I guess, it was the next step on from my love of reading. It's been a life-long dream of mine to write  novel one day, but it just seems so daunting and such a long process...writing little snippets about life is much more fun!

What does everyone else think?