Today

Today is the first day of the rest of my life....

A profound statement that can mean different things to many different people. To me, today; it means that I am taking the first steps into preparing myself to move forward in a healthy way. I began a healthy eating program and I entered a weight-loss contest last night that I know will help me achieve my weight loss goals.

The sad truth of the matter is that I have been on a downward spiral for a couple of years now. I have yo-yo ed with 20-30 lbs all my life until recently. Though I have never been obese I am the heaviest weight I have ever been NOT Pregnant.

The feelings of depression can not be tied to one single incident, but is an accumulation of many events and circumstances to vast to list.

Though I am one of the most camera shy people I know, I jumped into the contest "camera" first. Wow! What an eye opener!!!! I have known that I have put on weight, but Wow, the line "the camera never lies" is so true!!!

To help me in my journey I have deiced to blog my way to healthy habits. I used to journal when I was a teenager. My journals quite literally saved my life before and I hope that blogging will do the same for me now.

Furthermore I have decided to post pictures of myself. That alone is huge for me. I have very few and I mean very few photos of me in pictures.