Intro

Sometimes I need a deadline or the feeling that someone is watching to motivate me. At my heaviest I was 245lbs (my junior year year of high school). I'm 20 now and 185lbs, but at 5'8 I still have weight to lose to reach my goal. I promised myself that I would have lost the weight by the 21st birthday, that is only 21 days away and I won't make it. Still I press on. I'm turning to this blog to keep tabs on myself for the last 30lbs. I hope that this way it won't take another year and a half to lose it.

I have learned quite a lot in the last year and a half on how to live healthier and I'll be incorporating what's worked for me along with a little bit of my own philosophies on food and the way we perceive it into this blog. My biggest hinderance, one that I feel I should be upfront about is referred to as "binge-eating disorder."  http://www.medicinenet.com/binge_eating_disorder/article.htm I've been diagnosed by a psychologist and am working through it, slowly.

I hope to share some tips, recipes, nutrition facts, books and articles I come across, as well as my progress. If anyone out there is going through something similar I'd love to hear from you. If you've been through something similar I'd love to hear from you. If you have tips I'd love to hear from you. If you have anything to say I'd love to hear it. Thank you.