From Thanksgiving to Jan 2009 I lost 10lbs just from cutting out alot of the snacking I do in the middle of the night. In february however I lost nothing...until the beginning of this week. I've started planning my meals and working out. Thus far I've lost 2 lbs in 2 days. I'm kind of happy with this new turn and hope to accompish my goal of losing the extra weight by June.

It's hard. I work at home at my computer. So I sit. All day. And then want to snack at night.

The work out has made me feel much better during the day and with all the water I'm drinking my skin looks great! I have more energy now and am much more alert than i was before due to the "good" foods I've been eating. I allow myself one piece of bread a day. And at most two meats.

For snacks I have crackers with tomato sauce and a slice of hot jalepeno on top or a piece of fruit or a V-8 (I LOVE them!)

When I work out, I do just a mile. I'm just starting the work out and didn't want to push myself so that I was so sore I could move to do another workout the next day. I walk for half a mile and then run the rest. I have the treadmill where I can do the workout in my house. I also have a thing called the abtilt...which is the equivalent of the pit of despair from The Princess Bride and I feel like the six fingered dude is sitting there sucking my life away but I can tell the thing is really working. I've also been doing weights work for my arms. It only takes me about 30mins every morning. Eventually I'd like to work up to an hour but for now this is good for me.

People are surprised that I'm doing this. I'm a very confident person. Maybe even conceited...about my looks, my work, etc. And I don't think I look BAD...but I do think I need to start thinking about my health more. I just turned 35 and have heard that it gets harder and harder to lose weight as you get older and easier and easier to gain it. So I'm trying to jumpstart.

Right now I weigh 168lbs. I DID weight 180 lbs when I started. My goal is 145-150lbs. OR I don't mind the number being higher if I'm more toned. I'd like to wear a bathing suit this summer...a bikini. I've not worna bikini in 10 years! I'm keeping progress log on my website so that people can do this along with me if they like. It's odd having everything so public but I've not received any negative feedback about any of it.

I suppose, my grandfather being so ill, and my grandmother ill too due to the stress of his withering away has alot to do with my sudden need to get healthy. But that's what moves us through life right? Every experience has some kind of impact on us, affects us somehow. It's just up to us if we're going to let it be positive or negative. I'm trying to keep myself positive through this with my grandfather and trying not to let myself sink into depression.

-Sable