Step 1- Accept the challenge.

I have one true confession before this whole thing starts: I have no idea how this works. I can imagine that blogging is much like journaling; something that is absolutely my biggest failure. Nevertheless, I am intrigued by the idea that this may indeed prove to be a great benefit...if only just to keep me motivated.

This idea was, in fact, spawned by a friend who was helped in the attainment of his own goals by the very concepts that I am now trying to apply. His motivation for success came with his very own blogging (partnered with a friend who had the same goals in mind.) I find this idea somewhat foreign. Blog? ME? I had never considered it a valuable or successful form of communication. Facebook? Absolutely. Text? Like a madwoman. But blog? Never! Nerds blog. Boring people blog. But me? I couldn't fathom it. My dear friend Adrienne has a blog. I don't think she's nerdy or boring... or any combination of the two. She's quite the opposite, actually. She's funny and easy going and motivational and very intelligent. (Quite the catch, guys!) It was these aforementioned friends that spurred this idea on. I moved from hesitant to curious to interested to downright excited all within a 12-hour period.

...and here we are.

So here is Step One: Accept the Challenge.

Health issues coupled with an intense yearning for all things chocolate have lead me to a somewhat icky place in life. On the heavy side with numerous health risks staring me in the face, change was needed.

...and since Obama has nothing to do with this "change" (thank Heaven) it might actually stick.