Food Art Journal: The Beginning

I'm starting over once again. I'm fighting a losing battle right now, and I've decided to take a stand... I'm done with "diets," a permenant change is due to combat my serious weight issue. I decided that the most important factor in my eating/exercise habits is my own mind. The fact that I have zero self-control or will to exercise plays a huge role in how I look and feel. If it's all about the mind, then why haven't I addressed my mind and feelings before? It was all about counting, measuring, hoping...

From Mixed Media Art Journal

I started doing mixed media art journaling about four months ago. I LOVE IT!! It's not just a hobby anymore, it truly is becoming one of my passions! Mixed media artwork is amazing to me. What is it? For those of you missing the craze... it's just basically taking several types of media: paint, ink, stamps, paper, stains, and whatever else you want to put in a book and creating beautiful artwork (no, it has nothing to do with DVDs or Reporters). I take this type of art and create a journal. I learned how to art journal through Christy Tomlinson's "She Had Three Hearts" workshop (http://www.christytomlinson.typepad.com/).

From Mixed Media Art Journal

I have decided to combine art journaling with food journaling in my latest crusade to change my body! I want to share my journey with you. I want to inspire people to make changes in their own lives. I think that this idea is cutting edge. It's not a diet at all... it's a journey documented in one of the most creative ways possible. Not every page has art on it, in fact most of it is old school journaling, pen to notebook paper. But every now and then I'm going to do a mixed media page to spice things up. I will not share all of my entries, because some of them are just too personal... but I will give you a glimpse into my journey in hopes that some of you will join me to change the way we eat and live.

From Mixed Media Art Journal

Also, know that I fully intend to put videos and things like that on here, it's just that I do not have a really good camera yet. One day!! One day!