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It’s Valentine’s Day, but I’m not anxious to be taken out to dinner or receive a box of chocolates.  My husband tried to buy me some chocolate yesterday because he knows that’s my weakness.  He is still trying to sabotage any  attempts at weight loss for me, and this is most likely because he knows he himself has a job to do in quitting smoking.  So, as long as I’m not successfull at my goal he feels comfortable not trying to work on his.  But, this is not going to work, because I don’t need him working on a goal for me to try to improve myself.  Sorry, honey, you’ll just have to feel guilty on your own!  I only lost one pound this week, but as long as I’m moving in the right direction, I’ll be happy.  I know  I can make my goal- only about 35 pounds to go. 

My house is almost empty of food right now, which gave me a good nutricious grapefruit to eat for breakfast.  I knew when I boought those that I’d get around to eating them, and they’re really great once you get them all cut up.  Now I just have to ignore my husband upstairs who wants to go to the local restaurant for a big country breakfast.  I weigh about 25 more pounds than he does, so he can afford to eat anything he wants.  Someday maybe I’ll be able to say o.k., and know that I have the willpower to eat only what I should instead of adding on the order of pancakes or homefries.  The next time I write in I will have taken my first walk around the neighborhood, and if I haven’t,  I’ll be disappointed in myself.   Kathy

I’m new at all of this blog site stuff, so please bear with me. People keep writing LOL, but I don’t know what that means. Can somebody help me out? I managed to lose 3 1/2 pounds in two weeks, so I guess I’m on my way. I even got out of McDonalds fast food (my grandson’s favorite) with eating a plain burger and a few of his Happy Meals fries. My beverage of choice is always Diet Coke,especially since I’m not a coffee drinker and can use that caffeine. I’m trying for a limit of 1000 calories a day, and not eating anything after 8:00 pm. I also try to get in a small breakfast of fruit or a bowl of cereal,unless I have a meal planned out sometime that day,an then I save the calories for that time. Well………. it’s anice day out today, let’s see if I can motivate myself to go for a walk around the neighborhood.

Well, I made it through Day 1, which is aways a big step,because it’s so easy at that point to say “Ill start tomorrow”.  Now that day has officially ended and I am into Day 2.  The problem now is my husband wants to take me out to dinner tonight after we get back from the grocery store.  I don’t know which will be worse- the store or the restaurant.  I guess I’ll find out later.

This is my first day.  I decided to choose Feb. 1 as a start date.  Jan. 1 passed and I didn’t get anywhere yet!  I’m 56 years old with about 40 pounds to lose.  Losing is not that difficult for me.  It’s the maintaining that I can’t handle!