Start Clean 2013!!

Hey Everyone,

I hope you all are having a Happy New Year and you go to spend New Years Eve with close friends and family!!

My name is Shannon, and my husband Josh and I are starting the New Year with a new blog and some goals in regards to a healthier life style for 2013. I will get to the reason why we wanted to start blogging in a second, but I wanted to touch on the Start Clean in 2013 challenge we are taking part in!

A good friend of ours, Katie Heddleston, who is a registered dietitian started the Start Clean in 2013 Challenge in order for her readers to jump start their goals for having a healthier lifestyle in the new year. Her blog, Healthy Heddleston, will have a new healthy task or challenge each day for the month of January and anyone that participates can win prizes for that week! Visit her blog for more details and ways to get started!

Needless to say, Josh and I have both decided to take part in this challenge to not only jump start weight loss, but to also start eating healthier! It's also a great way to meet other people from other parts of the county who have the same goals in mind.

The challenge for today is to outline which goals you would like to accomplish in 2013. My goals that I have written down for this year are:

1). Eat healthier with more fruits and vegetables.
2). Eliminate pop and avoid eating fast food.
3). Cook more meals at home.
4). Increase my water intake daily.
5). Start my blog up again and write about things I love doing.

There's a couple more goals I can think of right now as I'm writing this, but overall the main thing is I would like be healthy and have an active lifestyle!

As you can see from goal number five, I wanted to start a blog and stick with it! I tried a blog before and lost motivation, but thanks to Katie, my husband and I have a renewed passion for it and we will see this through!

I have so many ideas for blog posts, so I hope you enjoy reading and will come back and lend any feedback you may have. I am working on the layout to make it more personalized and we will post again very soon!

Please check out my friend Katie's blog or check out her twitter or facebook for more information and how to join the challenge- it's not to late to Start Clean in 2013!!

Hope you're all having a great evening!!

<3
Shannon