Sunday September 25, 2011 | 9:22 AM
When I began my weight loss journey last September I had no clear plan for how I was going to eat or exercise. I joined a gym and floundered around with my diet for the first month or so until I found Tosca's books.
My birthday is in December. At that time I was headed towards the age of 44. Discovering that Tosca had made a similar weight loss journey in her 40's and seeing how far she had come made all the difference to me in terms of inspiration and motivation.
Tosca's sane and healthy diet plans, recipes with fresh, clean, tasty ingredients, and her workout plans have given me clear goals, roadmaps to follow, and herself as an excellent model of the sort of healthy, fit, mature woman that is realistic for me to strive towards.
Over the last year I have successfully lost about 80 lbs, and kept it off. Now entering my second year of living a healthy lifestyle I am no longer so focused on just losing weight, but on building a more beautiful, proportionate, sculpted body. I am taking Belly Dance classes and I now look forward to showing off my newly strong, lean, feminine body at our bi-annual Gala performances on stage!
I'm turning 45 this December and I feel like my life has just begun. If Tosca can do what she has done, who knows what I may be capable of? Thank you Tosca!