Day 1

Lets face it, most of us have a few pounds we want to lose but people like me have lots that they want to shed. I dont know how I let myself get this way but I did and now I have to face the facts. Time to get my rear in gear.

I have tried many diets, Weight Watchers, Nutrisystems, just trying to eat better and exercise, and last but not least South Beach. Only one out of these four have had an affect on bringing my weight down and that is South Beach. The others, especially the first two (Weight Watchers & Nutrisystems) failed miserably. Weight Watchers became a game of points, "If I trade these points for that piece of chocolate cake than I will just eat fewer points tomorrow." Nutrisystems food just tasted AWFUL so I lived like a rabbit and ate only green leafy things which worked for awhile but wasn't sustainable. Then the South beach diet came along, it made sense to me. It tells you what you can and cant have for a period of time and how to introduce foods back into your diet. I had been working on cutting out the carbs and sugar and that can make anyone into a crazed psychopath. Not fun but totally worth it. :) I have been on South Beach since August and so far I have lost 45 lbs. Not too shabby but I have about 110 more to go.

That's just a bit of background on my previous endeavors now onto the good stuff. This blog is to keep me accountable and maybe help other people through their struggles. The more I write and the more it is read the better I will do. I am making the commitment to write at least once every few days if not once a day. Hopefully I can finish this journey. Wish me luck.