First things first: my name is Elina. Now let’s get to the more ‘juicy stuff”… 
The blog
I started reading blogs in February 2008 and got completely hooked! I didn’t know that healthy food could be so much fun. I’ve struggled with my weight for what seems like my entire life (although I wasn’t always overweight) and blog reading came at the right time in my life when simple calorie counting was just not doing the trick. I started experimenting a little more in my own kitchen and completely fell in love with cooking! My husband (then fiance) was ecstatic about this hobby of mine, too. We were both trying to lose a few pounds before the wedding so my new love for cooking made our weight loss efforts a little easier.
People just assume that healthy eating is boring or if you lose weight, that means you’re starving yourself. That’s really not true! This is why, in October 2008 (after the wedding and the honeymoon craziness was behind us – I got married on July 5, 2008) I decided to start my own blog to be able to share my recipes and weight loss efforts with my sister and anyone else who cared to read.
I actually never reached my original goal weight but in the process I realized that it was just a random number. I am fit, healthy and happy, and that’s what truly matters. This is still a relatively new stage of my life but I’m embracing it. Calorie counting worked for me while I was trying to lose weight (and I strangely enjoyed it – the numbers made things clear cut and it appealed to the math geek in me) but I also struggled for a while with some bingeing tendencies, which I’m happy to report have become a rarity since I stopped counting. I never allowed myself a highly caloric desert in the past (the number was too scary to log in) but now I’m much more in tune with what I want, physically and mentally. It took a while to find the balance, but I think I’m getting a hang of it. Follow me on my journey to a better fitter me.
I have a great husband who is always there to support me. And since starting this blog, I’ve also found great bloggie friends that keep me motivated. Thank you all for reading and commenting. It means a lot!!
Random facts about me:
- I’m 27
- I live in Boston (although I used to live in NYC my first 3 years after college, so I still miss a lot of things about it so I visit often)
- I’m a newlywed and I don’t want to be one of those people that get comfortable with their spouses and gain weight. I have about maintained my wedding weight for over a year now. Oh, by the way, my husband’s name is Adam (just in case he comments or I mention him by name).
- I work in finance – that means a desk job
- I was born in Moldova, so Russian is my first language. When I was 12, I moved to Israel for 3 years, so Hebrew is my second language
- I hate onions! You will never ever see them on this blog
If you have any questions or comments that you don’t want to share publicly, feel free to email me at elina@healthyandsane.com
Again, thanks for checking out my blog! I hope you stay!!! 
