So I decided to blog...

I have been asked for a while if I was going to write about my journey in health and fitness.  For a long time I decided that what I had to say was not worthy of writing about and that personal connections would suffice.  However, as I am getting lost in the Labyrinth of fitness, I realized that blogging wasn't just about what I had to say but also what others had to say and building a community of fitness around me.  

I decided to use the analogy of the labyrinth as my blog title.  I personally find this analogy accurate.  I will steal a line from Wikipedia (hey this is not a scholarly blog!) about the difference in a maze and labyrinth:

"In colloquial English, labyrinth is generally synonymous with maze, but many contemporary scholars observe a distinction between the two: maze refers to a complex branching (multicursal) puzzle with choices of path and direction; while a single-path (unicursal) labyrinth has only a single, non-branching path, which leads to the center. A labyrinth in this sense has an unambiguous route to the center and back and is not designed to be difficult to navigate." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth

While I think there are many ways to be healthy, weight loss in my mind is not meant designed to be difficult to navigate.  To me if you eat correctly (increase veggies and lean proteins, etc.) and work out, then the results you want will happen.  At least that has been my experience, for others it may be a maze with different branches that can lead to ends.  I think what makes the find the center of the labyrinth (or being healthy) is the person that complicates this and gets off the path that leads to the center.  Which has been true in my experiences.    

Earlier I talked about building a community of fitness and health around me.  I used to have that and I stopped and removed myself from my community.  I stopped checking in with friends about fitness, stopped going to Cardio Dance, stopped allowing my trainer to hold me accountable, and stopped encouraging my friends to support me and call me out when I don't make good decisions.  Well I am back friends and I want to ask that you join me in this fitness community and help me and I will help you as well.  Community is the way that I lost all the weight the first time, and what I believe will continue to push me this time!  

Thank you to those who haven't given up on me and continue to support me through this split up!