So I decided I needed some support with this whole thing… So I joined Weight Watchers - again. I’m always discouraged that the scale at home weighs me much lighter than the scales at WW so I decided to throw away my scale at home. Hopefully that will end my obsessive weighing of myself and self-judgment… We’ll see. Anyhow, I am going to just follow the program, like a robot, and see what happens. More later…

Ever have one of those moments when you say to yourself, “Oh, now I get it.” Well, after several days of eating properly I missed lunch. Not entirely, mind you, just had a small bowl of soup that left me wanting. Soooo…. I then had 4 Halloween chocolate bars, 2 sugar cookies, chicken - skin on, garlic mashed potatoes, ice cream and tamari almonds… Why am I fat? Oh yeah. Because I overeat. No permanent harm done, just one big fat lesson. EAT LUNCH!!!! And not just crummy soup. I also think this particular soup may have had this particular effect because it wasn’t lovingly prepared soup - it was school cafeteria garbage. I can’t believe we feed kids this crap.

Okay, so this thing is going to be slow and steady. Which is good. I already feel just a tiny bit lighter, like a feather has been taken off my shoulder, but still better. I have written down 90% of what I’ve eaten over the past few days and I had two small slices of pizza at dinner with the hubster instead of the usual four or five… As I say, baby steps.

This is the first time I will hold myself publicly accountable for my weight loss. Be kind. This is also my first blog so expect mess-ups.