Firsts

I really hate the first post.

Always, on every blog I've ever attempted I've hated it.

But it's good to get it over with. So here I am...

I'm doing this mostly for me, to keep track of how I've been doing on this journey of losing myself (as I've so lovingly started calling it).

My whole life I've wanted to be healthier than I have been. Now, for the first time ever, I'm actually doing it.

I've lost 29lbs and I feel like a whole new person already. I have about 30 more to go and I cannot believe I'm finally within range of reaching this goal I've had since high school.

A huge part of my journey so far has been preparing meals for myself, by myself. Healthy meals. Healthy, tasty meals. It's true that, with the diet I'm on, I have been restricted to very few foods over the past few weeks. Learning to say "no" to everything I've been offered and chosing to eat in instead of out has been a huge mental shift for me, but it's been a good change.

And, get this - I love cooking!

This new stage of my diet allows me much more food, basically everything except for sugar and starch, so I can share some of my meals with my family. This thrills me, even though I'm nervous to be responsible for two other people's taste buds' happiness, haha. I've already gathered some yummy sounding, healthy, recipes that I hope to use and love for the rest of my life.

I don't want to be a crazy person about this, but right now I'm in the zone and I know I need to focus. I've never been happier than I have been these last few weeks taking care of myself. And I hope to someday at least have a husband of my own (the jury's still out on whether or not kiddies are part of my future) and I like the idea of this process helping me to be able to cook and care for him in this way, too.

Anyway. This is the blog for all of that up there that I just rambled about. I'm much better at making progress mentally when I put my thoughts down in any written sort of form. Also, taking pictures of things you successfully cook looks fun. I want to do that :)

I start cooking tomorrow! Get ready.

This is the first time I've ever been this good at losing.