In the beginning

I have progressively adopted a terrible diet over my teenage and adult life. I rarely drink water, eat food that has a high fat content, especially saturated fats, and is full of sugar and empty calories. This has led to me weighing 229 pounds at 5'8 at the age of 30. Actually, I turn 30 on Friday. My goal for my 30th year is to loose 65 pounds and adopt a life style change. I want to be clear, I am not going on a diet. Instead, I am going to learn to eat in a healthy way and be a healtier person in general. Today I weigh in at 228 pounds at a height of 5'8. My goal weight is 165 pounds. My daily calorie intake goal is set at 1513. This blog is mainly just for myself to keep a log of my weigt loss. Along the way I will post my daily progress and also post tips and recipes that I find that I feel may be helpful to some else.