Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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Why I started my journey
Over the last few years, I have been struggling
Over the last few years, I have been struggling with how I look in the mirror and how my body has aged. I’ve been gaining weight and inches constantly since I had my son in 2011. I have visited the doctor in the hopes of finding an answer, maybe my metabolism was slowing down, maybe I was eating too much, too little, not exercising enough, not sleeping enough. I tried everything I could, but after a couple of weeks of not seeing results, I would drop my diet. It happened with every diet.
One of my co-workers was recommended an endocrinologist to check on her thyroids. When she went there, he recommended the Ketogenic diet. We were all surprised how she started loosing weight and looking healthier and best of all keeping the diet!. So I decided to follow her steps, to educate myself and give it a try.
My journey started on June 6th, I cannot say this has been easy, or that it has always been successful. But I can say that I feel better, that my clothes are starting to fit better and that I am motivated to keep trying.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
Erika's Keto Journey 