Why? And why now?

So I'm sure those who are reading this are wondering why I am choosing to do this. Why do people choose to share a little bit of their lives with potentially complete strangers? I think the main reason that people blog is because they want to share about something that is important to them with the world and they honestly don't care who reads it. But if sharing my personal experience with weight loss can help one other person then this will all be worth it.

I was a little hesistant about sharing this with everyone but after talking with some friends the only reason I didn't want to post this is because of the fear of failure. It does not matter what other people think about me. I just have to stay true to my goal and that is all that matters. Well that's all for now. Will be taking some starting measurements tomorrow. Will update again then.

- Joel

First post

so this is the first post that i will be doing.  i never thought i'd would be one to blog but this might be a very rewarding experience.  just to give a little bit of background for everyone, i'll be tracking my weight, measurements, diets, and workouts for an entire year.  this way we can all see the results together.  more to come on exact details when we get closer to the start date of january 1, 2010....