A beginning...

Last year, I lost 50 pounds using WeightWatchers. I lost it in about three months, and kept it off for 7 months. Then I got swine flu/bronchial infection/pneumonia, lost my job and got pretty depressed, seeing as how I pretty much could do nothing but sit for three months. I gained back 19 pounds. I had decided already I wasn't going to go down that road again, and put a halt to the gain. This week, an old friend inspired me with her weight loss progress, so I figured I'd begin again. Today was the first day of this particular leg of my weight loss journey, and it didn't go as well as I had hoped. But it is a start, nonetheless. There are a few things I know about myself, remarkably similar to those my friend posted.
-I have to exercise to keep the weight off. If I stop exercising, it will come back.
-I have to not skip meals, except for breakfast. I usually don't want anything in the morning. I do better if I skip breakfast, eat a big lunch, and a light dinner, with small snacks as necessary throughout the day. This has proven true throughout my life, particularly when I was activiely losing weight.
-I am a lazy bastard, and will find excuses not to exercise, until I get into a pattern.
-There is no good reason why I should be the size that I am. While not grossly obese, I am at a size where I can not do all that I want to do, and that is going to change.

Today's food:
7am
8oz Coffee, black with sugar

9am
Breakfast Burger from Carl's JR.
20 oz. Dr. Pepper Heritage


12:30pm
Ham sandwich on wheat with american cheese
5 pretzel sticks
20 Nacho Cheese Doritos
8oz coffee, black with sugar
1 banana
1 medium apple
3 slices dried mango

I can see already that I need to cut back my sugar to that first cup of the day. I used to allow myself that as a treat, then use fake sweetener the rest of the day.

4pm
20 oz water(I Need to drink a lot more of this!)

6:45pm
20 oz water

8pm
2 cups black beans and rice
6 small corn tortillas
1 medium apple
8oz water

Today's exercise
6 minutes shadow boxing
10 pushups
10 hindu squats
3 divebomb pushups
1.5 hours at Walmart with a cart full of cans.
10 minutes weight training

Weight record:
329 lbs-2/1/2010
324 lbs-2/5/2010