Its been a while.....

Well, I havent posted in a while...I got a little 'lost' for a time...but now have found a new path that I want to give a go....I still have the goal of financial security, but on a more physical, personal side Ive found some areas that need an overhaul also...I need to drop around 30 kilos (mainly so I'll fit into my winter clothes...have packed on the beef since we moved to Oz), so will aim high and go for 30...wow, scary number, but do-able I think...and to do this I want to do it properly...and do it by the most healthy way I can..Not only for me but for my husband and kids...Ive been giving food alot of thought lately, how its made, packed, where its from...We'll take chicken for example..for years I always considered that the healthy meat to go to when watching my weight...but then with a little more thought I started to consider the hormones and antibiotics that chickens get given..whats that doing to me and my family...I want to take a step back..well more like 30 years...go back to how it use to be.  I was reading a "diet" plan the other day, now I read alot of these, but do it with sceptical eye..and it was talking about the food side of the plan and it made the comment about if a caveman couldnt  eat it then you shouldnt either...chicken, steak - yes, he could get that,  hamburger - NO, he couldnt...if it didnt come from the land or sea then it off the menu..Real food, not full of preservatives and colourings and other things I have no idea what they are...another good tip I heard was if you cant pronounce it, then dont eat it...I bought a treadmill the other day (was going to hire, but found this new once on special)..I have done the fitness thing before..for a year I was a real "gym bunny" went alot, and did lose weight and loved doing it...but once the whole moving thing started I lost my fitness way and once arriving here I kept going with the gaining...needless to say 14 kilos later Im alot less happy..With hubby working away I have alot more freedom with the food side of things, although I also lack the support around me constantly, so its a give and take situation. I WANT TO BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY AND I WANT THIS FOR MY FAMILY.   (and I want to fit nicer clothes). So where do I start??? I am going to start shopping smarter, reading the labels..Ideally the food I am going to by wont need lables, a banana is a banana and shouldnt contain anything else.  The meat is the hardest thing for me at the moment..will have to do some investigating on that one.. Fitness, well, time to get moving...