My journey begins...

As 2011 draws to a close, I have realized that I am going to be 39 in March. I also realize that my life is not entirely where I want it to be as I travel towards age 40. I am mostly happy with my life. I have wonderful friends and family, a job that I enjoy most of the time and the ability to travel sometimes. However, I need to get healthy. I am overweight and know that I need to lose the weight. I have high blood pressure and problems with my knees. Here are my Goals for 2012:

1) Eat healthier-This may involve going to a nutritionist. I have awful eating habits.

2)Exercise-I have already taken steps to join the gym and plan to work with a trainer in the beginning.

3)Spend my birthday in New Orleans. I made a wonderful friend on Twitter over the past year and a half. We bonded over Amanda Tapping & Sanctuary and had the chance to spend 5 days with our other Twitter friends at Dragon*Con in Atlanta this past Labor Day. She lives in Louisiana and we want to go ghost hunting.

4)Attend Dragon*Con again- I am a geek and proud of it. I had such a wonderful time this year and I want to see my friends again. They really get this part of me and it really made me happy.

Honestly-If I can do these things, I will be satisfied. I am not attaching a goal weight to my plan right now. My main goal is to be healthy. I have come to terms with the fact that I may not ever reach my "ideal" weight. As long as I'm healthy, that's ok.

I hope that you check in from time to time and see how the journey is going.