I should start off by saying that this blog is to help keep me on track with my weight loss, increasing exercise, and following a healthier lifestyle. Anyone is welcome to read and offer support, suggestions, and constructive criticism, as I will probably screw up several times along the way (as a matter of fact, I'm currently munching on a brownie while typing this). I need to change, though, both for my health and for the example that I'm setting for my children. Having a child with type 1 diabetes puts him at risk for more complications than a completely healthy person would, so it's important to me that I set a good example early on.
Hopefully this blog will help keep me on track more than I have been lately. I have a tendency to eat emotionally, and also out of boredom. I really need a lot of willpower to stay away from those things. I have found that I can still find taste in foods that are healthy, so maybe there's hope yet. I do have a lot of junk-food cravings (such as McDonald's and brownies, for instance, so when McDonald's started offering their brownie bites, there went another couple inches on my butt!). I love food itself, so I'll be doing some research into finding recipes that are both tasty and won't kill me. My ultimate goal here is to tell McDonald's to piss off.
That being said, I'll try to make this as exciting and funny as possible for a potentially boring subject, for those that might be interested in reading along. If not, oh well; if it keeps me on track, then it's fulfilling its purpose anyway.
Sweet dreams.
