Hey, I’m Katie, but you can call me Tater. This is my blog.

[My, how time has flown. A lot can change in a short time and my outdated bio is proof. This page will grow as I grow. I hope you'll come along for the ride. To see Version 1 of this page with my weight loss story written in August 2009, click here. To read about how blogging changed my life, click here. To hear about how I quit my job to become a Registered Dietitian, click here.]

After graduating from college with a BA in Spanish, I dove headfirst into the working world convinced I’d climb straight to the top of the corporate ladder–make cutthroat decisions, make money, make Donald Trump weep.

This lasted all of about three years, two jobs and one brief stint of FUNemployment before I realized a 9-to-5 desk job wasn’t for me… no matter how many countries I got to visit (five, for the record).

In a gradual but forceful transition, I lost interest in climbing higher, moving forward or making more. My life became a stagnant pool of forgotten drive festering in boredom. I needed something more. I sought a creative outlet, and this blog was it.

I don’t remember exactly how it happened, when I realized it was time or why I knew what WordPress was at all. But a few clicks and one potato post later, my fate was sealed. It was August 8, 2009. I posted five times that day. So that’s where that forgotten drive went…

Prior to Sweet Tater, I didn’t know food blogs existed. But as quickly as I’d hit “publish” (five times) that first day, the connections started to come. I heard from long-lost schoolmates, long-forgotten acquaintances and a few short-sighted meanies. I met other people who did what I did, who loved food fully and who obsessed (healthily). Things started to make sense.

As I directed more energy toward my blog, my vision of it started to shift from a temporary hobby to a drop-everything-quit-your-job-start-your-life-NOW kick in the face. Why should anyone spend a third of their life petering away at something that doesn’t light a fire deep inside?

Writing about food, exploring culinary techniques, educating myself (and others) on health trends… I burned. So this is it. This is my more.

I don’t think I’ll ever be a full-time blogger. I’m not that big of a deal. But this little corner of the world I’ve created was exactly what I needed to push myself in the right direction. When I walked away from a comfortable job with financial security straight into a classroom to study nutrition, I was scared, yes, but also inspired.

Over the past 15 months and 1,200 posts, I am exactly one year and 12 classes closer to becoming a Registered Dietitian. (So you want to be an RD, too? See my rundown on what it takes to get there academically.)

I can’t thank you enough for spending a little time here every once in a while, for commenting, emailing and tweeting, for sharing your stories and for helping me write mine. I have made some true friends in this community and for that I am truly grateful.

And to think… it all started with a humble potato post.

But I know why you’re really here…

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