Day 1: Confessions

Ok, so this blog is partly for me and partly for you (whoever you are).

I suck at diets, and losing weight, and lifestyle changes, and all that stuff. So I'm going public. Well, sort of. I'm not putting my real name out here. At least, not yet. Internet privacy and all that.

So I'm writing this in the hopes that I will stop sucking. I desperately need to stop sucking. I have PCOS, insulin resistance, bad knees, horrible heartburn, and I snore to wake the dead. Not to mention a family history of diabetes and heart disease. All of which are exacerbated by obesity.

This week, I had to buy a new scale because the old one errored out because I weighed too much. Ouch.

So: my plan.

I'm using Weight Watchers Online to track my eating habits and weight loss, and I'm using www.workoutsondemand.com as my exercise program. I'm mostly doing the step aerobics. I love step aerobics.

So far, I've only done one workout video, and I couldn't even finish that. I'm still sore from that. I was supposed to do another one today, but my calves were so tight I could barely walk. If they improve today, I'll work out later in the afternoon.

My goals are to stick to the Weight Watchers program, and exercise on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and possibly Sunday once I've gotten back in the habit of exercising (and when things don't hurt so much!).

My hurdles are, well, my friends. I'm a member of the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) and we like to eat together. After Tuesday meetings, we go to IHOP. After fighter practice, we go to a pizza place. Wednesdays, several of us have a potluck.

My plan for handling this is 1) we can't afford to eat out every week, so I will only have diet sodas when we go out and 2) use all my weekly points for Wednesday night potlucks!

We'll see how this goes. One of these days, I'm going to figure this whole healthy living thing out.

My journal: Yesterday sucked. Breakfast this morning was the last of a bag of Baked Doritos. I think that's the last of the junk food; things should get better. Tonight's dinner: Southwest Chicken and Pasta. Pretty healthy, even including the cheese.