Blogging for Weight Loss

First of all, I am going to try to answer the reason, why? Why start a blog? I don't read other people's blogs, I don't really want people to be that delved into my life. So, again, why start a blog?

• I am hoping that it will help me document my progress.
• That it will keep me motivated when all I really want is a Big Mac, Fries and a Vanilla milkshake.
• That when I fall off the wagon, because I know I am going to, that this will be my motivation to keep going.
• So I won't be embarrassed when I meet former co-workers, acquaintances and I can see it in their faces - "Boy, has she gained a lot of weight"
• So that my children don't grow up with a fat mommy and unhappy mommy who can't play ball with them because she can't get off the ground.

And, maybe, I can find other's out there, who are a little like me, who have struggled with being big all our lives. That we can come together and say, I am losing weight not because I have a vacation to Hawaii coming up (didn't work), my sister's wedding (lost 25, gained back 35), my high school reunion (skipped it all together). I am losing weight because I want to feel comfortable in my skin. I want to feel energy and a zest for life.

So, if I am the only one to ever read this blog, I am fine with that. If I find a friend or 2 out there who can talk me into eating just 1 serving, not the whole pint of Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Crunch (life is too short to completely deny yourself!), I am good with that too.

Mind you, I don't want to be famous, I just want to feel healthy and have energy again.

So, here we go.

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