The beginning...

Okay, the diet starts Monday...hence the title of the blog.  Seriously.  I am not kidding.  However, this is gonna be the last time.  And yeah, I know I shouldn't say I'm going on a "diet", because diets don't work.  This ain't my first rodeo, people.  I've been psyching myself up for awhile now, to really change my lifestyle and the habits that have gotten me where I am today. 

I'm a Weight Watchers drop-out, and while I have tried a hundred different diets in my lifetime, I know that Weight Watchers works.  I almost made it to my goal weight my first go around back in 2000.  Then the holidays were approaching, and after almost 11 months of working the program, I was burned out and needed a break.  Told myself that I deserved to "take the holidays off" and that I wouldn't let myself gain more than 5 pounds.  Mmmmhmmm...wish I would have listened to myself, cuz here I am in 2010 in the same place I was 10 years ago just starting Weight Watchers for the first time.  I went back several times in the years since then but just didn't have my head in the game and gave up before I got very far.  Losing weight is not for sissies...it's hard work...takes dedication...determination...motivation...and a burning desire to succeed, no matter what.

I am ready.  Ready to get this party started.  Ready to stop watching life pass me by and start living it.  I have wasted so many years of my life being fat and unhappy with myself.  2010 is all about me...and I am ready to take the time and do the work needed to get healthy and fit.  Starting Monday.