from obesity to just plain fat

I actually went out to lunch with friends on Monday - a habit I have to really control when trying to diet.  Had a wonderful salad at a new restaurant in my hometown of Frederick, Maryland.  Place called Nola’s, which is kind of a coffehouse/bistro with a bar.  Large serving with roasted tomatoes and red peppers, artichoke hearts, squash and a vinegarette.  Also has bowl of potato corn bisque.  Took most of salad home for lunch next day.  Yesterday was 189.6.  A good start.  Tomorrow is my Thursday linedance night, so I’ll be sweating off those pounds!

The start of a new year, the start of a new diet.  To be truthful, I haven’t done this in a couple years.  I’d gotten to a point in my life where I wasn’t going to let numbers on a scale rule my life.  I now don’t even get on the scale at my doctor’s office very often - I just tell them that my weight doesn’t have anything to do with the reason I’m visiting that day if they give me any trouble.  But I feel now that my thyroid problem seems to have settled down that I can do something about my weight.  Also I’m not getting any younger, which seems to be a mantra I hear a lot.  So I’ve started out at 296 lbs - gasp! to try to eat better and exercise more.