I can’t believe it has been almost a year since writing the last post about weight loss. It was a positive post–What happened? Almost a year, and I am 15 pounds heavier than I was back then. First, I had my gallbladder out back in August. I actually lost about 10 pounds before the surgery–I was afraid to eat because the attacks were so painful. Once I recovered from surgery, I started experimenting again with food. All kinds of food and lots of it. I gained back the 10 pounds plus another 15. Sometimes I feel like I will never get back to where I was just a few years ago. It is very discouraging, but at the same time I have been eating as much and whatever I want. What else can I expect? You can’t lose 25 pounds when eating anything and everything.

I am tired of complaining–I know, I said the same thing over and over again last year. But, this time is going to be different. I have been reading the old Weight Watchers weight loss plan. It is from many years ago (about 1985) when they used the exchange system. That was the one that worked for me because it was very structured. In the first few weeks the food choices are very limited. New foods are gradually introduced. I like the idea of knowing how many bread, milk, protein, fruit, and fat exchanges I can have each day. There are thousands of people that lose weight with the point system, but it just doesn’t work for me–too many choices and too many opportunities for failure. Although one thing that always kept me on track was weighing in at WW each week. I am going to follow the old plan and go to the Weight Watcher meetings each week. It will give me incentive and more important accountability. There is a WW meeting nearby on Wednesday morning, so I will be there to weigh in first thing. I did not think about going to the meetings until I started writing this post. The reason I started the blog was to provide support to others that are in the same situation. Hopefully that will be the case, but it certainly helps me to write about my weight loss/gain journey.

This time will prove successful–I feel it. Updates will be posted daily as well as recipes and more information about the plan. Again, my start date is on Wednesday, and I feel positive because now I do have a plan for successful weight loss which is find a WW meeting (done), weigh in, and follow the old plan.

Cheers to success!!