The Day Before D-Day

As of today, January 25, 2011 will mark the first day of D-Day. The D can stand for a number of things from desire, diet, and finally dread. Dreaded because I have been on this weight loss roller coaster all of my life. Watching the numbers go up and down on the scale over the years can be frustrating. Sometimes it makes me want to give up and just accept the body that I am in for what it is but deep inside I feel like that would be a coward's way out. I know I can do it, and I know I would feel a whole lot better once I get the weight off. Not just for vanity but also for health reasons being that I have had a knee surgery and the extrea weight could put me right back in the operating room because of the strain on my knees. So I have decided to return back to WW (Weight Watchers) I've done it and have been succesful until I left the program at a time where I felt I could do it alone but I wasn't quite ready and gained the weight back. As of October  2010 I am down 13lbs which is a good start. But as I see myself becoming frustrated with the struggle I have decided that I'm going to try this blogging thing. I am a very private person but if this is what I have to do in order to keep myself  and hopefully others motivated along the way then I am willing to do  it by any means necessary. Working nights is hard to squeeze in a routine for working out and measuring foods and counting points. I have thought about what made me successful at my last attempt at WW and I have devised a plan for this time around. Since I work long hours on the night shift I should probably make it easier on myself by buying WW smart ones and maybe even the WW breakfast foods as well for those days that I have to work to take the guess work out of counting points and to plan and measure out the foods that I plan to cook for dinner ahead of time. I have invested in an elliptical trainer from Sears that should be delivered this week and it should make working out easier for me being that I will not have to leave the house and I will have it in a place where I have to look at it and pass it everyday which will motivate me to workout. Well it's about time for me to wrap this thing up and go to bed I am posting a before photo and hopefully soon after there will be some after photos as well.