Introduction

I didn't expect to be starting a blog almost four years after the summer that I thought was REALLY going to kick off my complete weight loss.  I thought that would be it.  Instead, life got in the way and I gave up blogging, and the weight loss that had accompanied it.  For four years, I've gone back and forth with getting new blogs, working on them for a week or two, and then forgetting all about them.  I'm hoping this time will be different.

I sat here at my computer tonight expecting to go on Pinterest to find a few recipes that were Paleo to start my "100% Paleo diet" tomorrow, as I told my boss over burgers at lunch today.  Instead, I found someone's blog that I used to read four years ago and then remembered that I, too, created a blog to track my weight loss then, and then the question begged: could I even remember what I called that blog to find it?  Like an old boyfriend, the memories came rushing back and I sat here for about an hour and a half reading over every last entry from that summer - remembering how happy and confident I felt while losing weight and really seeing myself as someone I wanted to be and I began yearning for that feeling again.

So here I am.  Four years later, and I'm ready to start this again.  For real.  I won't be eating 100% Paleo and I'm fine with that - I was able to lose weight by simply making an effort, watching my calories, and working out.  I'm ready to do that again.  I intend on incorporating some Paleo recipes, but I don't want to commit to a certain diet at this point - I don't think I'm ready yet for that step.

These next few days are going to be a little rough, since I'm coming into this a little unprepared, but I'll make them work.  I also haven't quite figured out how I want to format my posts, so we'll see what I decide on tomorrow - stay tuned!

For a quick background on me - I'm a semi-recent college grad living in Washington D.C. and working full-time.  There's no shortage of long nights or happy hours or catch up brunches/dinners that fill my days, and I don't expect my life to be any different while blogging.  What I DO expect is that I'll be more mindful of what I'm eating.  I'm going back and forth between logging food on my fitbit vs. myfitnesspal, so hopefully I'll be able to make a decision on that this week.

I plan to use this blog to record my food, workouts, water intake, and pros and cons for the day, with weigh ins on Sunday or Monday.  My goal is to post every day.  That may not happen, and I'm accepting that off the bat.  I do, however, expect that I won't let this understanding affect my optimism this time around.  With that said, I think we're ready to start on this journey again!

Here we go!