Today's Update

Well it's 2012 and I'm filled with excitement for this new year....wondering how long that will last.   The goal is to stay positive and to move forward, day by day, taking baby steps to a better me (and hopefully you too).

First of all, I need to do some basic, bare bones work to this site, which includes some info about me and my wifey, info about what our goal(s) is for this site (in addition to losing weight), and anything else to help beef up this site so that it's something my wife or I look forward to updating on a daily basis....WOAH....huge commitment, but I'm putting it out there. Let's see how long "daily" lasts.

Secondly, I need to explain what I mean by a "better me", as I previously stated above?  I know I need to improve myself in all sorts of areas, but as you may know, the main focus for now is losing weight.  I do admit to being a bit vain and caring a little too much about how I look....but therein lies part of the problem.  The mirror is not going to fix me (nor the clothes or hair products I use)....I need to fix myself and care more about improving my health versus just losing the weight.....can I get an "Amen!" for that one?

Finally, as my wife and I work on updating this site, know that our reasons for creating this blog may be selfish.  Meaning, I want a place where we can share our experiences and open up to the world with frank honesty about how the road to being a better me is definitely going to suck, but that light at the end of the tunnel will make it all worth it.

Bottom line:  We need a place where we can be 100% honest, albeit with strangers versus using our family and friends and being accountable to them for any consequences from said honesty.  I know....that's the coward in me that's talking.  You may wonder, 'What happens if our family and friends start following this site?"  Well, we'll just cross that bridge when that happens.  Hopefully our anonymity will be protected and we'll totally be fine.

Well, more to come.  Although being a better me, a better us, a better you, will be a hell of a challenge...the hope is that we can do this together and all be better people for it along the way.

More to come...and again, Happy New Year to you and here's striving for a better us for 2012 and beyond!!!

- JD of the JA Livebetter4me team
(If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm the husband of this JA tag-team.)

Happy New Year and welcome 2012...I'm ready for ya!

Hello all and Happy New Year to you!

Welcome to livebetter4me!!!  The blog where we will focus on improving ourselves for 2012 and beyond....I know, kinda cheezy.  If you're expecting a blog with a lot of complaining, venting and sharing of failed attempts....this site may be for you.  

My wife and I decided to put this blog together for one main reason...to hold ourselves accountable to the world that we will follow through with what we say (type) we're going to do....yeah right, but we will try our darndest.

One of the other reasons we started the livebetter4me blog is to log our day to day efforts, good or bad, to share with others who can learn from both our triumphs and our flops, and maybe even get some enjoyment from our suffering as we, for example, try to lose weight for 2012. 

Yep, that's right, a New Year's resolution to livebetter4me by losing weight...both me and my wife.  

The goal is for us to lose 20 pounds each by 4/1/2012, basically 3 months from now.  The details of how this will be done will be shared in the next few days.  For now, this is just our kick-off, Happy New Year-Welcome to our livebetter4me blog and hope you stick with us for this long and bumpy ride - announcement.

Until the next entry, stay safe and be happy this first day of 2012!!!