Teva Stilettos are where I draw the line.

Growing up in the mountain town of Revelstoke, and in the family I did, it was never on the top of my growing up list to learn to walk in high heels or to be a super girlie girl.

We grew up in sandals, running shoes and ski boots.  I still choose flip flops over all other form of footwear.  I love them and can walk anytime and anywhere in them.  I even have a whole Rubbermaid full of different pairs to go with different outfits.  Dressed up or dressed down, there is a flip flop for every occasion.  Yes, I even will wear them on my wedding day.  Sorry mom.

When I started lifeguarding, there was a rule that we needed shoes that strapped to our feet, which really does make sense.  So that is when my Tevas entered my life. I think it was 1998 when I bought them and they are still going strong, and after A LOT of use.  They are super comfy and I would not hesitate to buy a pair again, although they are now almost double the price they were back in good ole '98.

Even though the old me had vanished and I wasn't the hiker and outdoorsy person I was, I still followed products on the Internet and thoroughly enjoy the Mountain Equipment Co-op catalogue.  I'm sure that place will be seeing a lot more of my money while I outfit myself on this Everest adventure.

Tonight, my faith in outdoor wear hit a little snafu.  That is when I saw this http://ht.ly/3hbvb.  Hippies rejoice, you now can keep your hippie faith and still look like a girl, the Teva Stiletto has arrived.  For only $330.00 these babies can be yours.  Now I have a thing for ugly high heels, since I hardly ever wear them, when I do I like them to be memorable but, I think even I would draw the line at these.  I'm sure they are uber comfy, but still, there's something just not right about it.

Sorry Teva, I think I will pass, unless I need too hooch it up in the bush and look stylish while climbing over rocks and wading through creeks.  Maybe I will pair them with with my MEC fur coat and my Northface diamond necklace.  That would be beautiful.

Audios Stretchy Pants...

I know that my weight gain began about 6 years ago.

I'm an emotional eater and I seemed to be emotional all the time.

A 3 year relationship I was in was starting to fail and he had some some really stupid things to me but due to the fact that I "loved" him I kept hanging on and that is never a good idea.  At least it taught me a lot of things and looking back now it has made me a stronger person.

Then there was major work drama, I was so miserable that all I did after work was eat and sleep on the couch, it was a vicious cycle, the more I ate the worse I felt therefore time to eat more food to make myself feel better.  Plus having a horrible boss didn't help the matter, one that grabs onto back fat and makes it move and then says to other employees "Come feel this, it feels so weird!" That really perks a person right up.

But being young and trying to desperately hold onto a job I loved, refused to make a comment, for whatever reason I was too much of a wimp to defend myself.  I ended up quitting that place and moved onto a much better place, which was just great and I met some amazing people that I really miss and think about each day.  They were like a breath of fresh air and I made one lasting relationship that I truly value (you know who you are!)

Add in a couple more heartbreaks and it, for me, is a recipe for body disaster.  Now, I'm not blaming all these people, it was me that put the food in my mouth, and me that decided all I could do was sleep instead of going for a walk, but that was the mental state that I was in at the time, and let's face it, these people, who were a huge part of my life, were having a negative impact.  Looking back, I really was a shell of my former self.

But times are a changin' my friends.

Since the big move in August I have dropped 10lbs, I power walk my dog twice a day and I think just being a homeowner has made the difference, no one else is going to vacuum, do laundry, mow the lawn, clean the windows, shovel the snow and all the other house chores that come with it.  Hence why I am writing this blog before 7 am on a Saturday, it is still too dark to be outside and make noise, plus I have a flat tire on the car to deal with, but that is a whole other story.

I feel that my old confident self is starting to come back, the girl that was so awesome and upbeat at university has been making guest appearances in my day to day life, and I really like her, just so long as her bar star counterpart stays away, that one got us into trouble sometimes. ;)

So 10lbs down but a lot more to go.  Sorry Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima, you too Ben and Jerry, I'm leaving the family.

The beginning of a whole new crazy idea....

So after watching people that are far too young have horrible things happen to them it really made me re-evaluate my current place in life and what I have accomplished and what I have only ever dreamt about doing.  So I figure, why not change those dreams into a reality.

So here is the big one....

Trek to the base camp of Mt. Everest.

So I know that I am overweight, heck for my height I actually could be considered obese, so why not pick a dream that not only would be amazing to be able to say I have done it for the rest of my life but will also kick me in the butt health and body wise.

The purpose of this blog is to hopefully show people that anything is possible if you put your mind to it (hopefully!) and to have people come along on this adventure from the very beginning with me.

You might be asking yourself why I chose Everest and be thinking that I am totally nuts and will never be able to accomplish the grand idea.  Well, I know deep down inside that I can do it, that the totally in shape and adventurous girl that used to hike the ski hill for fun instead of waiting for the lifts to open is still in there, she`s just covered with some extra padding.

So here we go, get ready world, here I come....and by world I mean Nepal.

My prayer flags are hung in the back yard, I'm almost there.