Hello. My name is Michele and I am a food-a-holic.

I'm resurrecting this blog. I know no one actually reads it, but it is good for my sanity. So, here is the sad news. Once I quit dieting and blogging last time, I regained all 20 pounds I had lost plus 5.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Why Oh Why do I do things like that to myself? I am possibly the most food obsessed person I know. I LOVE to eat sweet delicious fattening food. I love to read about it, look at pictures of it, bake it, and eat it. Why? I don't know. It makes me feel good while I am doing it, but after I do it for so long that I get ginormous, I don't like it anymore.

So, a couple of months ago, my husband decided that he was going on Medifast. I thought, "That sounds easy. Just eat a bar or drink a shake. Nothing to think about. No decisions. Easy Peasy!"

Well, after a couple of weeks, I was dying. I am just not a processed food kind of girl (unless it is Twinkies). I could not get into the Medifast regimen. I was dying for real food (translate "bread/pasta/rice". But, I had lost 10 pounds, so I didn't want to mess that up.

I decided to go back to Weight Watchers. It's what I did last time I lost and I really really really like it. I just calculated how many points those little Medifast bars and drinks are and now I can use them in a pinch, but I can eat delicious, fresh, yummy stuff, too.

I am now down 21 pounds from my highest weight 2 months ago. The first 15 came off really fast, but this last 6 has required some patience on my part. I am trying to be patient. I am trying to look at this as a lifestyle change, not a diet. I want to be healthy and feel good and get thin all at the same time. I don't really care how long it takes me as long as my weight continues to move downward.

I don't know how often I will check in, but I'll try to be fairly regular.

ONWARD AND DOWNWARD!!!!!!!!!