damn, a whole year gone by...

and not only did I NOT lose, but I'm back up to my previous highest weight, before starting to lose in April of 2002. Much has happened this last year, lots of stress, which I tried to drown in food, plus the utter lack of exercise. I'm debating whether to start WW again, or try the Mayo Clinic diet, or just on my own. I have a suspicion that on my own would result in failure-I need some sort of structure and a way to keep track. I could always do an Excel spreadsheet or something, but that's a pain, and I'd have to keep looking calories up all the time. Having online tools seems to work well for me, since keeping track of food is easy and fast. When I was on WW, I found that the online communities helped too, by keeping me motivated and informed, as well as providing incentive to go online and track my food and exercise.

I'm doing well on the food so far this week, and started lifting weights yesterday. I'm only a tad bit sore, too. I'm hoping to get on some sort of walking schedule too, within the next week.

Inspiration update: