Summer Fun???

Well the summer is here and here I am. I guess I will do a blog about my weightloss journey. I have struggled with my weight it seems like forever. Last year I was actually on a local version of the biggest loser where I lost 25lbs. Yeah! Much more difficult than it sounds. Seven grueling weeks of sweat, ups, and downs, but more ups!! Speaking of ups, it's 15 months later and I am up 5.8 pounds. It was more than that in March, but I was under a tremendous amount of stress at work--that's another story, but one that I intend to tell before too long.

Anyway, today is Tuesday, June 17, 2008 and I will be 50 next year, if the Lord says so. I want to be 50 pounds lighter by then. I dare not think beyond 50 at this point because I have had the most ups and downs since April 2,2008 the evening I rejoined WW for about the sixth time. Well I guess the upside to that scenario is that I am no quitter. I just take long leaves of absences. Overall since April 2, I have lost 15.4 pounds. That some expensive stuff. The way I figure is I spend forty dollars a month and I've been going roughly 2.5 months. That averages about--hold on, let me do the math, okay it's slightly more than $6.50 a pound. Darn, that's a lot of moolah. Okay, one lady at the meeting said I could look at it her way and this is the way she sees it. She could be spending the money each month at the doctor. I smiled, but I was thinking to myself "What the hell kind of logic is that!" But being my kind self, I just said, "Yea, I see what you mean!" Dishonesty-that's another issue, but I don't have the time to address that now.

Back to my thoughts on my weight-loss. I guess you may be thinking 15 pounds in 2.5 months is there really any thought here. The answer is yes. I was sitting in the meeting thinking, "Boy when this meeting is over I'm going right to the fish market and get me some spots. Then I'm going to rush home and eat that greasy cabbage from yesterday and I'm going to chase it down with some really sweet tea. I love dieting!!! It gives me such a wholesome perspective on things.