Today is the day I get serious!

I started this blog for myself, but I hope others of you who have issues with food addiction will join the conversation. You see, I've been on so many diets in my life and lost the weight only to regain it and add more on top of that. After reading the I Can Do This Diet book, and having watched the movie "Julie and Julia" recently (stick with me here. There's a point), I decided that I need to hold myself accountable in more than one way. I plan to join Weight Watchers again, get back to my hypnosis tapes, and keep a journal. But it occurred to me...well, actually Dr. Colbert suggested it...that blogging about my struggle might help.

I measured my waist this afternoon. I nearly burst into tears. How did I let myself get to this point? Well, Dr. Colbert doesn't blame it all on me. I suppose that's one reason I'm paying attention, and let me go ahead and say that I'm certainly not advertising his book or any other weight loss programs. He just put a few important things in perspective for me.

I blog about my books and interview authors all the time, but it never occurred to me to blog about my struggle with food. So, here I am, throwing it out there into cyberspace....the way Julie did to make changes in her life.

I AM A FOODAHOLIC!

 I'm a compulsive grazer. I don't have to be the least bit hungry. All I need is to see it or know that it's within reach. Once I eat it, I feel guilty and depressed.

I named this blog "Grazers Anonymous" but I'm telling my name. I want you to know what I'm putting in my mouth, if I'm getting some exercise, and if I can succeed.

I must! I want to feel good about myself again. I want to be proud of what I see in my mirror. I want my husband to stop worrying about me.

I can do this, but I know it would help to have you in my corner. This, as they say, is the first day of the rest of my life. It's time to step away from the fork and get serious about my health. I just realized today would have been my mother's 95th birthday. A good marker, Mama's birth date.