To start off my health journey, I baked cookies. No, really. I've been thinking about it, and I'm standing behind this choice. I want to make all of my foods and stop relying on convenience foods. They're unhealthy. They're expensive. They're likely to be contaminated. Eating gluten-free has felt a little like a punishment. The delicious, and oh-so-unhealthy carb foods that are now out of bounds probably always should have been, but going cold turkey on them hasn't worked.

New year, same me? I've never stuck to a New Year's resolution past the end of January. I rarely stick with any big changes for more than a month. I think that I've gathered sufficient data to conclude that sweeping changes don't work for me at all. So this isn't a new start. This is me, just trying to make better choices day by day.