Day 22 seems like an odd place to begin. You may have found this blog and come back to the beginning expecting Day 1, or "Here I go!" or something of the like. I'm a procrastinator, though, and while I knew I wanted to blog this journey, the journey wasn't ready to get blogged. Until tonight. So here it is, and here's how I'm going to justify my late start: The first 21 days were designed to establish good habits and routines. Blogging is part of the next phase. Yes, that's it. So here I am. It's 11:19 pm on January 22, 2019. I've lost 19.8 pounds in the first 21 days of this new year, and I'm happy with the strong start. My first "little goal" was to achieve a 4% weight loss in order to win the DietBet I entered at the beginning of the month. I hit that number two days ago and thought, This would make a great blog post , and it will, but later, because tonight is only about getting started. Isn't that what some of the g...