1. i first twilight advertised with a stand up poster of edward in a barnes and nobles, and was immediately offended because in my mind, robert pattinson was always and forever cedric diggory from the harry potter world. i have a tendency to resist hype (i resisted harry potter for a time, too - so much for that), so i dug in my heels with the intent of never giving it a chance. some time later, i was substitute teaching and heard two teachers have a fascinating subject of 'omigosh, did jacob just...' 'no, no, no, don't tell me! i didn't read further!' 'but it's bella's baby!' 'no, don't tell me yet!' they were talking about breaking dawn, of course, but i had no idea. i just knew that they were *really* into it. so, i surrendered, and went that day to purchase the first twilight book, and i was hooked.

2. my fitness journey goes back to high school, when i would use horseshoes from the garage as free weights. i used the gym sporadically through college, and worked out fairly regularly in my twenties, but i didn't really start working out and eating well with focused intent until 2010. that was when i joined mfp and lost 31 pounds. love, love, love that i accomplished this. but i threw in the towel after i kept logging in my food and working out just as much, but did not lose any more weight. after about a year of this, i quit. eight years later, i find myself worse off than i was before - ten pounds heavier than my heaviest ever - and am pretty much starting over. one thing that i expect to be different is that my knowledge base for eating well and working out is greater than it was the first time around. i know a lot of the things to do already, so i just have to hunker down and do them.

3. in this ten week span, i want to focus on setting and maintaining my habits - my struggle has always been consistency, so i am hoping that this will help me stay the course.

4. i can't decide. maybe tuesday. yes, i'll say tuesday.