New Year, New Beginning, New Home

With the new year I have decided to get rid of the old and bring in the new.  I've had my "Less of Lynsey" blog for years and it was full of ups and downs and many times I ignored it completely for months at a time but I felt it was time to be done with that chapter and start a new one.  If it weren't just Christmas and time for me to start paying back my dreaded student loans, I'd hit up Hubby Jack for a new blog design.  (Well, that and the fact that I actually need to stick with it for awhile before I put any money into it.)  So for now, it's just a plain Jane blog for this chick. 

Dakota Ginger is my new corner of the world.  I'm from South Dakota and I'm obviously a red head so that's where the new name came from.  Nothing too complicated because I'm just a simple girl. I blog mostly about weight loss, or lack there of, and throw in a little about my family also.  My IRL friends and family don't even know that I blog.  They never have.  It's better that way. 

If you are new to me, I'm Lynsey.  I'm just a 31 year old who has been yo-yo dieting since after my first daughter, Shaylen, was born in 2002.  I've lost 30 pounds at least 3 times since then and most recently in 2011 lost 60, bringing me to my lowest adult weight ever.  I ALWAYS gain it back.  I've tried everything under the sun to lose weight and it seems to work until I've burnt myself out.  I am married to my high school sweetheart, Eric, and he loves me no matter what my size.  Besides Shay, we have an 8 year old daughter, Delainey and a spoiled shih tzu, Charlie. 

My hopes for this blog is that it helps me get back into my 2011 clothes and keeps me accountable.  Of course I want to lose weight but I'm going to focus more this year on just getting back into those clothes and less on the scale.  I've started a Jillian Michaels challenge on Instagram and also started tracking with My Fitness Pal again but I'm giving myself until Monday to get my poop in a group.  I did weigh in this morning and will keep my weigh in day as Friday but don't know how often I will actually weigh myself.  Tomorrow I will do measurements and try to focus more on those numbers.

Welcome to my new home and thanks for joining me on this ride. Oh, and I've finally joined bloglovin so you can find me there.