Here I go again! I’m back on the diet/fitness wagon. What is driving me back to the diet trail this time you may ask? Is it my marginally high cholesterol levels? No. Is it my desire to appear more attractive to the same sex? No. Is it to be healthier? Not really. The reason I’m trying to get back in shape and lose these extra pounds is pure economics. Remember, I was unemployed for 14 months so I know the value of 39 cents. Remember after taxes and such you don’t really have a dollar. I recently purchased several new items of clothes. I got some items from good old Old Navy and I also purchased some items from H&M during my recent business trip to New York. At the time everything fit nicely. I washed and wore one pair of Old Navy pants a couple of times and they were tight! I also tried on one of my fabulously designed H&M shirts and I couldn’t button it around my belly without sucking my stomach to the back of my spinal column!!

Economics, it’s pure economics. I can’t continue to purchase new clothes with each increase in waste size so I made the decision to get back on the treadmill and get rid of some of this tonnage! One thing I did before I embarked on this most difficult of all journeys was to prepared myself mentally for a week then I slowly started walking and running. I’m doing the SlimFast thing with a sensible dinner. For those of you who remember my journal from back in the day I did really well with this program of chalky chocolate shakes twice a day. One of the hardest things about dieting this time is that I’m not dieting in a vacuum. Now that I work in an office where each day brings another round of donuts, muffins or even ice cream it tests one’s will power to the limits! So if you see me over the next few weeks please don’t invite me to pizza and bear, don’t offer me one of your Hostess Twinkies and don’t invite me to your barbecues unless you have a separate room where I can sit and eat a salad and I don’t have to smell the smoking ribs on the grill. OK, I need to go splash my face with some cold water!!!