This is the first entry in what I hope will be many for this journal. I started it because the "blog" format is more flexible and will allow me to add comments and feelings more easily than my weekly weight loss report on my main page. So here goes---how do I feel today? The answer is, despite being unemployed, my arthritic hip acting up and generally bored to tears, I feel ok. That .2 lb weight loss last week was a little discouraging but it had to happen sooner or later. I'm an experienced enough dieter to know that the initial big losses are really just a little water weight and some fat. The key is KEEPING those first pounds off and continuing. After all, it can't ALL be water weight, right? A little more detail about me. I've been married for 5 years to my very supportive hubby, but our life has been a turmoil most of the time we've been married. Legal problems, financial problems, moving across country, then moving AGAIN a short time later--it has taken it's toll on us. The moving problem was the result of first, hubby taking a new job that had a good future (we thought) and moving us from Los Angeles to Illinois, which is closer to home for me. But then after just 2 years, hubby's job was eliminated. What do two 50 somethings do when their lives are uprooted like that? The answer is, we move again, this time to Wisconsin, which is my home state and which I love dearly. So I am happy we are back home for me, but I don't feel as if we dare to put down roots here. I would be a little more secure if we had moved to Madison, which is where I lived for many years. At least I know people there. But on the up side, Madison is only about 80 miles so it's not hard to jump in the car and take a run down there. And we are close to LAKES again. Los Angeles has only manmade lakes and Illinois..well the Illinois prairie is very pretty but there are very few bodies of water I would call a lake. Builders put what I would call ditches behind housing developments and actually have the nerve to call them lakes. Anyway, that's it for today. Keep checking back dear friends and please don't hesitate to leave me notes. I need your smiles and encouragement if I am to reach my goal!

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