Hi all,

Yesterday, I was walking to a vending machine with a student from my class. I got a diet soda, and he got some Fritos. He said, "Aren't you going to get anything to eat?" I said, well they don't sell anything low carb in there. He said, "Man, so you can't eat any good stuff? I feel sorry for you."
I'm really happy he said that because it got me thinking.........
No, I can't have any of the high-carb foods anymore. I chose this way of life for good. The old way of eating WAS NOT WORKING!
If I start eating that way again, I will end up right back to where I started-ashamed to take off my shirt to swim, always the fat guy-of course most of my family is at a normal weight, clothes too tight, feel bad about things that happen in the bedroom with no clothes on, etc.
I guess my point is that, yes, there have to be sacrifices while heading towards a goal.
There really is no other choice for me now. This is it. I'm going to lose this weight, get back to looking normal, and not look back.
If I feel like cheating (I mean REALLY cheating-like eating a whole bag of potato chips or something-not like a teeny line of syrup I like to have on my sausages in the morning), I will think of all the bad things that WILL happen again if I have "just this one little thing."
All I know is thinking of the pain of being overweight keeps me eating the right way.
Thanks for reading and giving your support everyone. This is absolutely the best website for support I've ever been on.

Jimbo I