How's that for an attention grabber, eh? 

Alright, so here's where it's at least relevant ... my second reason for doing this: Exercise.  I am bad about exercise.  When I was younger, let's say 23, I started to exercise very regularly.  Then my priorities got all screwy and I slowed down to a stop.  Then I started rolling backwards down the hill towards exercise.  I swear if there were a way to actually gain calories just by sitting there, I would have done it.  So as time goes by, I grow.  I grow more.  Quite frankly, I get fat.  So time, the damn persistent thing that it is, keeps passing.  I work out for a couple weeks, then slowly give up when I see no results, then go months, then get fatter, then work out for a couple weeks ... I'm sure many people can relate.

 So a little over a month ago, I decide I need a change again.  I hope that this will be the time that I stick with it, but at the time I doubt it.  I find a plan.  I start eating right and doing the exercise and notice a little bit of weight coming off.  Over the past month, I have lost 16 pounds.  Nothing huge, but it's a great start.  I've really seen results.  I have no doubt that every one of those pounds, plus some, was fat, too.  I'm sure I've gained muscle as well, so figure that one out.  I've taken pictures to keep track of how I'm doing and kept track of my weight loss by the week.  Just last week I lost six pounds.  I'm not sure how, but it's really encouraging.

 So I feel better than I have in a long time, I'm starting to look better again too.  I'm starting to look like the person I saw in the mirror five years ago.  Mind you, I have another 30-35 pounds before I'm there, but I can see it happening.  And I don't want it to stop.  I figure if I do this ... broadcast it to the world and tell everybody what I'm doing, I won't just have me to answer to but all of the lucky readers subscribing to this blog.  So this is where it can be interactive.  Help.  Bother me.  Do whatever you have to do to remind me and keep me accountable.  I've stuck with this program for a month and I've lost 16 pounds.  I want to stick with it for another two months and lose 20 more.  I want to stick with this longer to lose that last ten or fifteen.  I know as time goes by, the weight will get harder and harder to lose, but I really want to make sure I keep this up for life so I can be healthy again and stay that way.  

 So that's another reason.  I'll bring you more soon.