This time I MEAN IT.

I've been trying to lose weight for 31 years. 

This time I'm not going to think about getting to my goal weight or never eating ice cream again.  This time I just want my clothes to fit.  I don't want to have to throw out yet another wardrobe because my jeans have become, inevitably, too tight.  I want to feel better, have more energy and get more done.  I want to feel IN CONTROL. 

I realize that I can't control "life" but I do need to feel like I am in control of the decisions I make and what I put in my body.  I've gone through a lot of changes in the last six months... and I have the distint impression that if I don't assert myself now and make some decisions about how I want the rest of my life to be, it won't happen.

So, here I go!!!  I can totally do this.