Dear Plumpy Pad,

So sorry I have not been keeping up with this, but as you may have guessed, I had quit keeping up with this because I had quit keeping up with me. I turned a blind eye to the scale for a few weeks there... and although I was eating better than I used to, I was eating too much... again.

I am back on the wagon again, and I think I will be on the wagon permanently now because of a recent event that has hit in my own backyard. My husbahd was diagnosed with diabetes this past Friday (the kind you get from being fat), and now he is on a 500 calorie (or under) per day diet to try to keep himself from having to go on insulin shots. It's been a real awakening learning about all the long term effects of this disease, and how getting excess weight off immediately is now job one. I am doing the diet with him, and the fact that he has to do it because of an actual life or death situation makes it easier for me to know that I can't cheat either.

Since I first weighed in 3 weeks ago I am down 12 pounds, and I have a long way to go. I'm up for the challenge, and I know that this is the race of my life. Hopefully in a year I will look back on this journal entry as a much healthier, and much more attractive person.

Wish me luck!!!