Day 1 - Introduction - Getting Started

So here I go -- Day 1 of what I suspect will be an interesting journey. Briefly... my history with food has been in a state an on-going change most of my life. I was actually an anorexic from 15 until about 35, at which point I had completed a good deal of therapy, met my husband and and as I became free to eat, realized how MUCH I loved food and it's many wonderful flavores! I spent the next ten years gaining weight at a slow steady pace...that changed into a rapid one, as I was eating a lot of my two favorite food groups - breads and sweets. (Let me clarify...if no other food was left on the planet but those two groups - or even just one of them...I would be FINE!) Along with the poor diet, I also drifted into a state of very little exercise, if any - unless you count the two button method: the remote and the recliner. 

As of today I am at my heaviest weight, largest size and poorest fitness in my life. I came to realize that my MANY diet attempts were doomed to failure because they were all quick fixes that missed the mark of what I need most - healthy living. I really had no idea what healthy eating or what healthy living was. So I began reading, planning and even invested in bicycles with my husband and began cycling together everyday. About 3 weeks though, I went over the handle bars! That took about a month to heal from and in that month all progress made was lost. 

I was lying in bed about a week ago and told my husband "I can't believe how close I am to 50, it just doesn't feel like that's my age." I had a moment where I felt like my time had passed to becoming truly healthy. In all honesty, at that moment I felt pretty low - as if reaching this age would hold me back or meant it was "too late to try". Shortly after though, I thought "That's not right! I have 14 months to get fit and by gosh I'm GOING to do it!"

Tomorrow begins my journey!

<-Me & my family😀