The reason and purpose behind this blog...

This blog will be an online journal used to track my eating and fitness habits, as well as the progress I've made on working towards my goal. I feel like this blog will be a great way to keep track of my progress and a great way to stay motivated to continue making progress. I feel that keeping a daily log of what I eat, what kind of physical activities I do, and how I look and feel, will be a great way to stay motivated and push myself ever harder to become as physically fit as I want to be.

Right now, I weigh an average of 215lbs and have for as long as I can remember, but I want to weigh in at a SOLID 185lbs. I am not happy with my body and I'm tired of constantly feeling self conscious, out of shape, and unhappy with myself. I'm tired of only having 3 pairs of my 20 pairs of jeans fitting nicely, tired of my shirts fitting tightly, and tired of feeling like everything is going to rip at the seams, so it's time to do something about it.

I will be following a Paleo influenced diet as closely as possible along with some sort of daily exercise consisting of mostly lifting weights at the gym and riding my bicycle. I am going to start off with a "Power 30", which will be a 30 solid day fitness fest with hardcore dieting and exercising. I got the idea from a facebook friend of mine that is doing a "Power 90", but I figured I'd be better off to start a little more modest, then continuing from there so I'm not so easily tempted to throw in the towel. Tomorrow marks DAY 1, let's get this party started.