I went on my first diet when I was 14 years old. I was 20 pounds overweight and I did not want to start high school “chubby”. I went on a pretty reasonable diet, I got a calorie counter and I wrote down everything that I ate and I made sure that I did not go over 1200 calories a day. I lost the twenty pounds I wanted and I loved the attention I received with everyone noticing the weight loss. During my High School years I pretty much bounced around in a ten pound margin. I would go on quick fad diets like the Diet Coke Diet or the Cabbage Soup Diet to lose a few pounds for prom or whatever. The big yo-yo weight challenge really started after I got married and started having kids. During my 28 years of marriage I have had 8 pregnancies, moved 7 times, ran two businesses out of my home, have had 4 different jobs outside the home, been on 9 different diet plans (some of them multiple times) tried 5 different types of diet pills or patches, and gained 90 pounds. Now at the age of 47 and a grandma to three I wonder I am going to be overweight and unfit for the rest of my life? As I debated this possibility and the health ramifications that go along with getting older and my unhealthy lifestyle I began to wonder how I got here. I realized that it was certainly not a matter of being uneducated on the matter. In every diet that I have gone on, or any book that I have read I have learned things. The cycle seems to be, read a book, or start a diet. I am excited and raring to go. I have weight loss and that is encouraging. I somehow lose my drive, start cheating, and soon it’s all over and I gain back the weight I have lost and add some more to it before I start the whole cycle again. I would like this blog to be the beginning of a new straight line. One that starts with me sharing things I have learned from all the different experts over the years. I would ask as many of you to join me on this journey as who would like. I could use your knowledge and excitement to keep me motivated and hopefully you could glean something from the things I have learned and be motivated too. As a team we could move across this new straight line to a healthier, more energetic, happier life.
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