Getting Started.

Welcome to the initiative!

Hey!  I'm so glad you are here!  Taking an interest in your own nutrition is the first step to transforming your body, mind, and spirit through your food.  I am going to be using this blog to walk you through the basic steps to overhauling your nutrition, taking you through a journey of discovery over the course of the next few months- or as long as you choose to be involved!

In addition to basic activities, which I think everyone who is interested would be capable of, I'll be adding optional challenges that you can choose to take on if you are looking to really dive deep into the world of nutrition (and probably a fair amount of non-sequitur-type nerd facts).  My goal is not to become a drill sergeant who counts your calories, but to support you as you make permanent changes to your lifestyle because you truly want to be as healthy as you can be!  Remember that healthy, beautiful people come in all shapes and sizes and I won't be helping you to slash calories at the expense of important nutrients and a balanced, varied diet; but weight loss may very well be part of your healthy diet plan!  I hope you are still with me because we've only just begun!  But first, I have some things I need from you:

There are going to be rules...

1. It is imperative that this project be interactive.  We are part of a community of people with the same interests and should not hesitate to communicate as such.  Please leave comments on the posts with questions or words of wisdom or encouragement for other readers.  In case you have somehow how never heard this before, "There is no such thing as as stupid question."  I'm willing to entertain any concerns you have about nutrition and if I don't know, I promise to find out.
2. I'm going to have to set time lines.  Making permanent changes to your lifestyle is going to take motivation so I can't let you set the pace.  I'll be encouraging you to keep moving forward in hopes of preventing you from stalling.  That being said, please let me know about any barriers you are experiencing (or if you want me to move faster!). I'll be challenging you to move outside of your comfort zone as much as you can, but I understand that there will be times when life gets in the way and I'll try to include modified activities (like they do in those Pilates videos for the people who aren't gymnasts) so you can still be in the loop.
3. Please have fun with it.  I'm going to be having a blast writing this blog for you so I hope you won't feel like it's a chore to read it.  I think you'll be amazed to see the difference it makes to know your body on the level that I will try to help you achieve.

Can you take the anticipation?

So that's everything so far.  I'd like to start as early as next week!  For a preview, Google "24-hour diet recall" because getting where you're going requires knowing where you're starting.