RIght now I'm really frustrated with how off-track I've let myself get when it comes to my diet. I know, it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change. Well phoey, it's a diet nomatter what you want to call it.

Howie my DH and I have been on this lifestyle change since a little before Thanksgiving 2001. He'd lost 51 pounds and I'd lost 31. We slipped into some bad habits, though, and for the last two weeks we've pretty much been eating every meal from one restaurant or another. Ugh. I won't go within five feet of a scale right now.

But, I am resolved to keep posting the daily Healthy Living thread at the Health Forum at Dave's Garden. If nothing else, it reminds me that I can do this if I just weather the rough spots. And it also has encouraged others in their struggles with lifestyle change.

The more I think about this, the more I know I just can't quit. I'm going to start logging what I eat again, keeping a food diary. That really seemed to help before, because it let me see how I was "spending" my calories for the day, good or bad. If I look at dieting like bargain-shopping, it helps. How much bang can I get for my caloric buck? :) Just two months ago, my posts on the forum were so positive, because I felt good about making good choices for my body and feeling empowered by that.

I will persevere!

My favorite blogger's site is Angiepangie.com. She'll have to remind me to post here, because it'd be easy to forget seeing how this is so new and all...Yesssiree, Bob, brand-spankin new. Let's see who those words bring to my blog, LOL.

Of course, my other favorite site is Dave's Garden, where I spend far too much time geeking out with other gardeners about the leaves on our coneflowers, the weird bugs we've picked off our roses, and all that good stuff. There's a computer forum there, too, though, so there are also legitimate geeky-geeks.

I need to figure out how to add comments to this blog like Angie has on hers; I don't know if Prodigy allows this, and seeing how I must use my freebie hosting for the moment, I'm stuck with whatever crumbs they deign to scatter my way. And I wanna add pictures!! :)

Okay, Angie, are you happy now? I have muddled through this blogger stuff and am giving this a shot. I took that nifty personality test and found that...I am a toaster.

...Which Random thing are YOU?