We're going to do it!

On July 24, 2005 we made it official. We both pledged to lose all the weight we had gained. Both of us, in the not so recent past, had been thin. I had actually been very thin. At 5'8" and 110 lbs. for most of my life, I had a metabolism that most women would kill for. Unfortunately, because of this, I ate whatever junk food was put in front of me, and rarely exercised. Then, I had the intense misfortune of going through premature menopause. I went from a trim 120 lbs. to 168.5 lbs. in one year. To deal with the intense hot flashes, mood swings and sleeplessness, I took hormones, which caused me to gain weight. But I can't place all the blame on the hormones. It did not help that I comforted myself with chocolate desserts, potato chips, fatty dinners and two Starbucks caramel macchiatos a day!

Now, I have to completely change the way I think about food. I have to eat for health, not comfort. I have to exercise 6 days a week, (and really WORK at it!). I have to be more disciplined than I have ever been in my whole life. Thankfully, Amy is doing this with me.