Day 1 - A Swan

I want to look graceful and elegant like the swan in the profile picture.

I am writing this to find and give support to others who want to lose weight in middle age and be healthier. I want to find people in similar situations who can give me advice, even if we only discuss a good walking shoe or the best time of day to weigh or exercise. I hope to find new or different things to try in order to lose some pounds and keep them away. I will not write every day, because some days will be uneventful. I will not list my food every day, although I may do it for a couple of weeks here and there just so you can have an idea of what I eat.

I am not obese, but I am overweight. I do not need or want to lose 100 pounds. I only need to lose 30 or 40 - and KEEP it off. But mentally, it may as well be 100 pounds, because I have tried and failed many times before to take it off and maintain. I have been on one kind of weight loss plan or another for about ten years. I had the most success with Adkins, and lost 15 pounds and kept it off for three years or so. But Adkins was not a plan I could live on for life. I also tried Weight Watchers and lost 7 pounds. I slowly gained it back, plus another 4 or 5. But Weight Watchers is something I could do for life. I just didn't like going to the meetings every week and writing down everything I ate and figuring points. However, it is a plan I may go back to someday.

More later on how I feel about food and exercise.

This is not a diet, it is a way of life.

Weight on me,
Jo