So, for the few of you that read, you may have noticed that I haven’t been writing. I’m going to change that. I started the blog out in one direction–to directly talk about my weight loss. However, I stated that it was more about health than losing the weight.
Then. I would post what I lost or didn’t lose. I feel that this did a great injustice to the blog. It seemed to remove some of its credibility, to me. If it’s not about a specific number, exactly, why is the number one of the greatest emphases?
So, I’ve been trying to think of ways to use this blog while I get healthier and share these new behaviors with you. Not just show a number.
On top of that, I want to try to leave you, the reader, with something that will make you think. Something that could actually be helpful. I think that’s important. I’m not interested in just spewing some drivel. I don’t want this blog to be that way. I’m a picky blog reader and since there is a definite standard I have for blogs, why shouldn’t I hold myself to that very same standard?
I’ve heard from people that they like my blog (and they always remind me to drink water. haha.) and that’s nice to hear. I want to know what what I’m saying is interesting or educational on some level–even if it’s on something pertaining to local eats.
So. I’m hoping to change the blog in a way that I know it would be something I want to read and hopefully that means some one other than me will find it interesting.
While, I want to lose the thirty pounds (which hasn’t really happened yet because my life has been in some upheaval what with school, family life, etc.), the main emphasis should always be the healthy living.
With that statement, I want to emphasize emphatically that I do not subscribe to diets. Diets aren’t permanent. Lifestyle changes are. Think about it a minute and consider the fine print on any commercial touting some miracle diet where either you buy perfectly portioned meals or some kind of magical pill. You’ll seem to remember the fact that they always put some finely printed statement that the results of the newly thin person in front of you are not typical. That’s because diets really are designed to fail. People stay on diets until they hit a weight they want, go back to eating how they used to and are surprised when they gain the weight back with a few little poundy friends that tag along.
I digress.
So, long story short (I’m really pulling the cliches tonight. Don’t tell my freshman english teacher!), I’m going to make my blog fit the way I actually feel about my journey back into more consistently healthy eating and not worry about the rest. You may get an update every so often, but honestly, it wasn’t fair to you as a reader or myself because I was putting extra stress on myself to produce weight loss. I’m not on some reality show where my life solely consists of losing weight. I have a life and sometimes things go haywire when I’m trying to start something new.
But, that doesn’t mean I have to give up. And that also means making sure that I’m getting the intended message across.
