Mission Statement

Hello everybody! Or nobody. Whatever the case may be. Of course, since I've told no one, not even my best friends or husband that I'm starting this blog, I have to acknowledge that nobody is the better of the two choices.

First things, first. I need to confess something. I'm a virgin. Wait, not that, kind! How sad would that be after nineteen years of marriage? Blogging. Never done it, never wanted to. It's not like I was saving myself for the right site or anything. I've just never seen the point. Why would anyone want to write about the minutia of his or her life, and why would anyone want to read about the petty details of a total stranger's life? Well, I guess now I'm gonna find out. Maybe someone will read this, maybe they won't. Either way, I'm not really sure that matters to me right now.

See, I'm on a mission. A secret mission. I want to see if I can lose forty pounds in the next ten months. Earth shattering, no. World changing, no. Important to me, absolutely. If forty seems like a weird number, let me explain. I have already lost 9.5 pounds since May of this year, and my goal is to be a total of fifty pounds lighter by May 2010. No big deal to anyone but me--and maybe my husband, who would never say anything to me about being overweight but sure wouldn't complain, I bet, if I weighed what I did when we got married almost two decades ago.

How am I doing it? That's where this blog's title comes in. I am trying to limit my calorie and fat intake to 1800 calories and 60 grams of fat a day. See, nothing amazing. I just think that journaling about my quest might make me feel a little less lonely about it while keeping me from making my husband and friends crazy with my search for low-fat/no-fat recipes and whining about the lack of options at restaurants and in the grocery stores. That's what this is for. This is my forum.

Will I be successful? God, I hope so. I want to look better. I want to feel better. I need to do both. I'm knocking on the door of forty and want to walk through a thinner, healthier, and happier version of me. Wish me luck!