Ok, so I stole a before and after photo from the internet to start off my series, but I figure I need something to motivate me.Last summer I had this great idea that I would do Nutrisystem to lose these unwanted pounds that have been creeping their way onto my ass (and thighs, arms, waist, boobs, fingers, chin, earlobes, calves and knees - if I'm being honest) over the past several years. I was motivated for all of about 15 minutes when I suddenly realized...I hate this shit! It's horrible.
So the back story of this is that I've been a yoyo dieter for years. I gain 20, lose 30, gain 35, lose 8, gain 12, lose 24, gain 26...well, you get the picture. Anyway, I've done low carb, no carb, all carb, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, South Beach, Bob Greene...you name it! The long and the short of it (or maybe I should say the thin and the fat of it) is that I'm going to be 40 in a couple of months, and I'm a good 60 pounds over where I should/want to be...and I think I've finally hit a wall.
And like I said, my most recent foray into the multi-billion dollar industry of weight loss products was last summer's attempt to do Nutrisystem.
You get a discount (and free shipping, I think) if you get on this auto-delivery program. So, of course (always the economical one), I think I'm going to save money by getting on that auto program.
Now you can see where this is going, right? What this means is that now I have at least 2 months (probably more like 3) of paid-for, boxed-up, freeze-dried food taking up space in my pantry and my basement.
I have a lot of "reasons" (that's code for excuses, if you didn't know) for not doing it last summer...we went to Australia for 3 weeks (yes, this could have been a hiatus and not the ultimate demise, I know that!), my kids were home all the time, we had a crazy travel schedule, blah blah blah...but the truth is that I really didn't enjoy the food and I wasn't in a mental place to suck it up and do it anyway!
ENJOY the food? you ask...
Let's face it, I don't care how you try to package it, weight loss is not about "enjoying" the food. "Enjoying the food" is what got me to this rotund place to begin with.
So with 40 out there pointing it's finger at me like Uncle Sam in those Army recruitment posters from the WWII, I have come to Jesus, so to speak...Nutrisystem - you are ON!
I haven't even weighed myself yet, and to be honest I think I'm too much of a coward to actually post the number here after I do, so at least for now, I'll be doing this as a "day ___ minus ___ lbs." Maybe someday I'll get the courage to admit out loud where I am, but I'm taking this one step at a time.
Wish me luck!!
