We have a Starting Weight

Drum Roll please....

Starting Weight: 193

yeah......

So, I'm not really surprised, just disappointed. How did it get that high? I would think that at some point around 160 I would have said, "Hold on. We have to turn this around." But, no, I've waited until I have 63 pounds to lose. 63!!! My dogs combined don't even weigh that much.

My goal is to lose 1-2 pounds a week. So, next year, I'm gonna look great! It's depressing that it will take that long to lose all of this fluff, but I didn't do it to myself overnight.

I'm pretty sure that the turning point to humongo was the birthday cake.
So, while we were still living in Chicago, Caleb decides that he's CRAVING birthday cake. Me, being totally unawares of the thunderousness of my thighs, thinks, "mmm...birthday cake." So, off we go to Dominick's. Perusing the bakery, we have many options. I see a round cake, maybe 6 inches in diameter, four inches high and say, "How about this one?" Caleb, ravenous for carbs topped with sweeter, denser carbs, says, "I want that one." And we leave with a cake large enough to feed 20 people and still have left-overs. I'm talking about a 18" by 12" sheet cake.
We ate it all.

So, no wonder really. I'll never look at birthday cake the same. And - Caleb fessed up that we should have gotten the smaller cake. But, I can't undo the damage done to my waistline by that awesome platter of a dessert.

Today I toast to a lower number next week and the knowledge that Caleb won't be craving birthday cake again for a very long time!

Stay tuned...