t-minus less than ten minutes

Almost time - time to start a new go at this healthy living thing. What do I do with my last 7 minutes of 'freedom'? I start number crunching. 50lbs by year's end means 50lbs in 5 months, 10 lbs a month, but isn't it always easier in the beginning? Can I put my life into a formula that could take that into account? I feel gross - should have been in bed two hours ago and its a bazillion degrees outside. Setting my clock for 6 am to get up, but reality might set in and I'll rise at 7.30. So many questions...how often do I weigh myself? What is the meaning of life? How do you solve a problem like Maria?

PS - I am going to give myself kudos for making my veggie ground round (I don't eat meat) for the week ahead of time and I'm even doing the Ziploc container thing too. If anyone finds this blog by twisted fate and can give me some breakfast ideas that would be stellar because I am already thinking about breakfast (why? not too sure) and its looking like black coffee. cheers.

two calendar-related reasons to start

Here I stand. Sitting at the clock, looking at how many hours of freedom I have to eat this or eat that, really let loose. Why today? Well I'm going to do the cliche thing and start on Monday. Oh the joys of Monday. You have a great breakfast, and you're off to work, and by dinnertime, perhaps 50% of new dieters are still on plan. How many Mondays can we survive? Well it doesn't matter because this Monday is special - its both a Monday and the 1st of the month. and not just any month - but a month where its warm enough to exercise and the jealousy of seeing people show off their summer bodies is still coursing through my veins, or at least it would be if I wasn't so disappointed with all the work I have ahead of me. Its not like so many of those shows I've spent hours watching shows were people stop their lives to lose weight, but that luxury isn't with me - so I'm going to do it the old fashioned way. eat a little less and move a WHOLE lot more. 8:45 - 195 minutes of freedom, ice cream never looked so tempting. I am not going to use the word 'lifestyle change' because life is a long-term commitment; too long for me - it scares the crap out of me. Do I have a meal plan, nope. Well I kind of do, I am going to limit sugar - that's it. So instead of that coveted ice cream I'll have yogurt. So tomorrow, I will be a changed man. A changed man with 50 pounds to lose before the end of the year. Oh yeah, I'm going to be doing other things to so we'll see how that goes. I see a box called 'Labels" and I really don't know what to do with it, so let me know when the time's right. making a huge pile of clothes to donate; yes, because their too small. and no, keeping them as motivation isn't going to work. Maybe typing this has burned some calories....