Getting Started

So I've been thinking about starting a blog for awhile now, but I haven't been able to come up with anything interesting to write about.  Last week I made the decision to start a diet and that gave me the perfect reason for starting this blog!

I've told a number of my family, friends and collegues that I'll be beginning this diet on Monday and everyone is supportive and excited for me.  But, I wanted another way to keep myself accountable and invested in this exercise so I thought it would be a good way to kick off a blog.  I don't plan on the blog being about the diet and only the diet.  I plan on incorporating the rest of my life into my posts as well.  Lord knows I should have plenty to write about what with my busy schedule and energetic family.

So, on November 1, 2010, I will be kicking off the Blood-Type Diet.  It's basically a diet that has been mapped out for your specific blood-type whether it be O, A, B or AB.  The + or - has nothing to do with the diet, as far as I can tell, so it's basically four different diets that each have three categories of food.  These catagories are Beneficial, Neutral and Avoid.  The Beneficial category tells you what foods are especially good for you and what your body digests and metabolises best. The Neutral category tells you what you can eat that is neither especially beneficial nor detrimental to your body.  And of course, the avoid category lays out what you're body has trouble digesting or what will contribute to weight gain and/or negative health issues.

Now, of course, I'm not a doctor or a nutritionist or any other kind of expert on the subject of health and weight loss, I'm just a woman who wants to get healthy so that I've got more energy and enthusiasim for life.  And if I happen to loose 30 - 40 pounds along the way I definately won't be complaining!

I've told a number of my family, friends and collegues that I'll be beginning this diet on Monday and everyone is supportive and excited for me.  But, I wanted another way to keep myself accountable and invested in this exercise so I thought it would be a good way to kick off a blog.  I don't plan on the blog being about the diet and only the diet.  I plan on incorporating the rest of my life into my posts as well.  Lord knows I should have plenty to write about what with my busy schedule and energetic family. 

So tomorrow I've got to get all of the shopping for the diet done and get my cupboards stocked.  I've  been gorging myself on junk and carbs for the last 3 days, and tomorrow is Hallowe'en so it will be a write-off too.  But, on monday I'll be eating and cooking for myself according to the diet plan.  My husband and sons will not be partaking in my endeavor so I'll be preparing seperate meals for them (which means twice the cooking and twice the dishes).  I will also be weighing myself every Sunday and I'll be posting the weight on this blog (eek).  So wish me luck and follow along as I try to change my life and my body for the better.  Wish me luck!