2010....WTF!

Sooooo, where was I? Oh yes, I am on my way home. Scared and filled with anxiety. Will I find work? Will I lose the weight? What is in store for me? I immediately felt better once I stepped foot on familiar ground. I was welcomed with open arms from friends and family and it just felt good to be back. My daughter was happy I think even the dog was smiling. We got settled into our new home with my friend Ila, who graciously opened up her house to us. It was awesome. I did not take into consideration the about of celebrating I would do straight into the holidays. I was trying to diet, but between Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years...I gained weight. NOOOOOOOO! Then I attempted to diet some more and started walking. But still no success. I had to go back to the drawing board. The point system was not working for me, I needed to change my way of eating all together.

Here we are now in April 2011 and my friends chip in and buy me a Wii Fit Plus. This was perfect, I am going to work out and get on track now. Let me back track for a moment and give credit where credit is due. My friend Shana was pushing the South Beach Diet to me all along. I was of course being stubborn and insisted I could do it my way...NOT! So imagine my surprise when I started the SBD....it freakin worked! I should have started this blog back then, there would have been some very funny entries as I tried to wean my body off of Carbs and Sugars. You have to understand this is coming from a person that truly believes chocolate is one of the main food groups. Today, I can walk past a piece of chocolate and not even acknowledge it. This is big...HUGE!

As of today I have lost 16lbs and I feel great and looking forward to feeling better as I lose more weight. So I leave you here. The next blog will fill you in on the new set of testing I went through for the St. Barnabas Medical Center's Renal Transplant Unit....fun...fun...fun!