The First Day

So. Welcome to my lame attempt at a weight-loss blog...

First, a word about the title. I'm depending on you, my faithful (I hope) readers, to help me get through this and be successful. My tries at weight loss have never been terribly successful before, and I think that a large part of that has been lack of support. Hence, the blog. I'm hoping that my friends will be "a fat lot of help" for me in this process.

Today is the first day of my diet. I'll be posting my daily food choices and carb counts in an attempt to keep myself accountable and on track. I'll also be posting my weekly weigh-ins on Mondays, and probably some progressive pictures as well. Unfortunately, I seem to have decided to start my program on a holiday, so I can't go to the doctor's scales and get my starting weight today. I'll have to go do it tomorrow morning. In addition, I'll be writing about how I'm coping with my new lifestyle, how I'm feeling, and how I'm doing emotionally.

I've chosen the low-carb approach because it's the only thing that's really worked at all for me in the past. My carb goal will be 15-20 grams per day. I'm also going to be trying as best I can to eat more natural and less over-processed and artificial foods.

I think the best way to go about the blogging portion of this is to do an entry in the morning about the previous day. If I try to do it before bed it's likely to be completely unintelligible.

I'll be back with a report on the first day tomorrow morning!