Hello all!

Good news, everyone! I just ordered a Fitbit Charge! It should be here within a week and I'm pretty, pretty, pretty excited about it. It has a few bells and whistles beyond your standard Flex (that Amy has). I will be setting daily goals for exercising and better sleeping habits.
I used to meditate a few years ago and I am eager to get back into doing that. I have a really cool app called 'Calm' that I use to go to sleep. It has water sounds, forest sounds, birds, etc. You should check it out if you have trouble sleeping.

Also, I invested in an e-cig a couple of months ago, the e-go one, that I haven't been using as much as I should. That is going to start January 1st. I really do like it, but just like any quit-smoking thing, I am a little nervous about going full tilt on it; though I know I should. And I will.

Amy is out of town right now, but when she gets back we are going back on our Whole 30. And by Whole 30, I mean the Nom Nom Paleo version of it. That is, we will still eat soy and legumes, but we will be watching everything we eat.

Speaking of which, about five years ago I went on a "No Fast Food For A Year" thing. I kept up with every time I went through a drive-thru. For the entire year, I cheated eight (8) times. Not bad. This time around, for the six months of January '16 through June '16, my goal is zero (0) times. If I consider it "fast food", I don't go. End of story. Full stop. More on what I consider "fast food" on a future post.

Thanks to Dawn Tredway for her comment on eggs. I read it and am still processing it, so to speak. Check out the article she sent here.

Admittedly, the last few days have not been awesome as I am still wrapped up in the Christmas spirit. However, I am very excited to get back on track and show my doctor, Dr. John T. Crews (and his nurse Beth), that 5.6 is not a figure I will accept even though I am "well below the danger zone". This is too close and I WILL be that person that takes that figure and destroys it to its very core. I will NOT go quietly into the night.

Thank you to all who have commented, shared, and followed this blog so far. We have so far to go and I hope to not go it alone. Tell your friends. The more in-put I get, the stronger I become.

- Doug