WEEK 1 -- DAY 1 -- "THE BEGINNING"

AND SO IT BEGINS

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

So here I am, like millions of other people, deciding to do something about my weight once again.

I wanted to start up a new blog but Google blogger is so confusing now that I decided just to add to an already existing one......one I had started back in 2010 with the same concept....losing a pound a week for a year.

I started off very successfully back then and did well for six weeks losing 14.5 pounds.  Then I made the ultimate mistake -- one I swore I wouldn't make -- I told people in my family about it.  It was downhill from there.  They all had advice to give and all watched what I ate thinking they were helping me.  But this had the opposite effect on me.  Once others are involved, a switch goes off in my brain and I stop.  I can't describe what happens but it happens this way every time I get others involved. So the weight loss of 2010 was a bust.

Towards the end of 2011, I was diagnosed with diabetes....actually I was pre-diabetic and my physician put me on medication.  He also asked me to go to diabetes classes so I could become more educated about what was happening in my body.  Going to these classes was a surefire way for me to lose weight.  Just listening to the stories of all of these people who have to check their blood sugar a few times a day and inject insulin when needed was enough to get me to stop eating sugar.  In five months, I had lost 30 pounds.  I watched my sugar intake and basically was aware of everything else I was eating.  And then it happened.  People started to notice my weight loss.  Everywhere I went, people told me how good I looked.  And that was it.  I started eating again and in eight months, I gained it all back.  Sounds almost impossible but I'm definitely capable of doing this.

I realize now that if I keep eating the way I've been eating, not only will I get more obese but I will definitely become a full blown diabetic.  And there's no way I'm letting that happen.

So here's to seeing those pounds drop off and losing those inches.

And, for once, let's make sure not to discuss it with anyone....that's why this blog is Anonymous!!!