The First Step

Being fat sucks!  Plain and simple.  Unfortunately, dieting sucks almost as much as being fat.  It's a miserable process, and even if you're successful, you ultimately end up gaining back the unwanted poundage (plus a little extra, at least in my experience).  So, in the age of "don't diet, change your lifestyle", we are made to feel guilty if the "change" that so many speak of with stars in their eyes, is harder for us than it seems to be for others.

I've never been skinny, nor do I ever expect to be skinny.  I'm simply not built that way.  Even at my thinnest (which was in about 1999), I was a size 12.  I honestly don't expect to ever be that size again - quite frankly, I'd be shocked!  However, that being said, I know for a fact that I've got too much junk in my trunk, my jello has a little too much jiggle! 

So, that being said, and in light of the fact that I just had my 30th birthday (eeks), I am on a quest.  While I realize that I could probably cut my current weight in half and still have a ways to go, I'm a realist, and know that I need to start small. 

With this in mind, I am hoping to lose 50 pounds before my next birthday (April 2012).  That gives me just under 50 weeks to lose this weight.  A pound per week - should be easy enough, right?  We'll see!

Vanity (and not a small amount of embarrassment) prevents me from revealing my actual weight, but I will weight in once a week, and as I lose (or gain) report the change. 

I'm hoping that through accountability, perseverance, and  a healthy dose of humor, I'll find the "thinspiration" that I need to be successful.

Wish me luck!