Getting Real: The Beginning of the Journey.

For the past month we in the Frank household have been on a little journey with our eating.  To summerize where we were and the steps we kind of took to get to today...

• In early January I realized that something needed to change and joined Weight Watchers.  I knew that I wanted to start making healthier choices and this was the place where I had landed so many other times when making that decision. 
• After a few weeks on the plan, I started really researching food.  What certain foods can do, and why certain parts of the 'Western' diet are really, really bad for us.
• Armed with my new knowledge, I started making better, and more quality food choices.  These choices didn't exactly align with the Weight Watcher's plan, so while I did continue to weigh in, I stopped counting the food POINTS values. 
• I went all-out purchasing foods that I knew were now better choices...and I spent a lot of money in the process.  Realizing this was a mistake, I tried to slow down a little and focus on one change at a time.
• I hit a sort of wall.  When I made drastic changes in my life it was inevitable that I would start to mourn the loss of the carefree eating style that once was...even if I knew that I no longer wanted it to be my life.  I got pretty depressed thinking about all of the foods I could no longer have.  Everything seemed to be a DON'T.  One of the newsletters I read regularly had me ultra sensative to EVERYTHING.  This is bad, that is bad...don't do this, and don't do that.  I didn't want to be discouraged and quit.
• I started looking and researching MORE.  This time with a renewed sense of what CAN we eat.  I realized that I wanted this to be a positive experience and I decided that I needed to determine exactly what we were trying to do.

Enter today.  Or, really the past week or so.  I feel like my short little journey over th past few months has led me to this point.

Getting REAL.  Real food... real life.  I can actually DO this. 

More later on the specifics, because truth be told, I am really excited about this!  I am excited to look back on this journey, from the begining, and see how far we have come. 

As a part of this little journey, I am going to be researching a variety of local food options and sharing (what I hope will be weekly) what I find.  I am really hoping this little project takes on its own little life and creates an awareness of some of the wonderful places we have available.