About the blogger.

Well, it looks like I have become one of "those people" who hit a certain age and decide 'I want to make a change.'

Everyone knows at least two people who are dieting. Before I knew it,everyone around me was trying some fad, dying to get skinny or simply just trying to lower their cholesterol and get healthy. My friends and family were sharing recipes, products and great organic finds. I have come across some great, inexpensive product finds myself and decided I wanted to share.

Welcome to my blog.

I have struggled with weight for a good portion of my life. I have tried everything: soup diets, pills, cleanses, atkins... Truth is, if you jump in fast, go too extreme, go cold turkey, you will unravel.

It has to be a life style change, but patience is what's most important.

So here I am, I want full control and I want to do it right this time.

With all the diets I have ever tried, Weight Watchers has had the biggest impact, helping me lose 50 lbs in 5 1/2 months. Youth played a big role in that, but now I am 30 years old and my metabolism does not want to work for me anymore the way I want it too. It became sluggish, just like me. I let things go here and there and now I am paying for it. I lost muscle and regained 20 lbs over the last 2 years. I thought that light cardio and cutting out sweets is all I would need to do in order to maintain my size and shape, but I was wrong.

Everyone's body is different, some people to need to work harder than others to keep their health, their figure. I've always known I was one of those people who really needed to work at it to keep the weight off and yet I still got cocky. I took a few chances, had one too many 'cheat days' and now here I am, 20lbs over weight, but 25lbs from where I really want to be.

Ok, I am ready, let's do this for real. I was going to go hard core this time...

... I was going to fast via juices from http://blueprintcleanse.com

I came across these Lemon, Cayenne and Agave juices in Whole Foods while I was on my quest for healthier foods. They tasted a little weird, mostly from the cayenne but then I read the back of the bottle, that in order to use these juices to their full potential, they suggest you drink 6 bottles a day for about 3-4 days. The price for these juices were about $8 a bottle. I don't know, that price was too expensive for me and I knew I would cave by the third day. This is what I mean by trying too hard. Let's start somewhere else.

While I was in Whole Foods I thought to myself 'it's really hard to make a bad decision in here', I figured if I bought at least 3 healthy items a week, replacing what I would naturally buy at a the local grocery store, I could slowly but surely make a healthy start, empty my fridge and refill it again. In addition to reading labels and making smaller portions, I was also going to get my butt back in the gym and weight train. Cardio can only get you so far; it's muscle that burns fat after all. Let's see what happens. I just started my journey to a healthier and hopefully "trimmer" me.

The following blogs are of items I have recently purchased to replace items that my refrigerator and my body have grown accustomed to over the years. Less fat, less carbs and low sodium.

And as you will see, it starts with sometimes the smallest of items.