And so I begin... Again!

Again... I diet.
Again... I hope.
Again... I blog.

Will it work? I pray it will.  I have MANY factors against me... more so this time than any other time I've tried to lose weight or "get healthy" in the past.  Between my allergies, the arthritis, and the medication that promotes weight GAIN... it will be an uphill battle.  BUT... one I am determined to go up and conquer.  Oh...there's one extremely large hurdle I must jump through before I can even begin... I need the program's director to say "Yes, you can start."

Yeah, I know right.  I have to prove that the majority of the food for the program will be okay for me even through it has "soy isolates" in it and I'm allergic to soy.  And, I need my family dr to say "OK" for it even though their drs have looked through my brief medical info and said (and I paraphrase) "uh, let's not and say we did).  I've proved my case though (essentially, that I'm bad off and need to lose some weight people!).

So, here we are, Jan 18 and I have a variety of different bars, pudding/shakes, soups, even oatmeal and an omelet mix to try out.  If I'm ok allergy-wise and get my dr's approval I can start an alternative plan and hopefully work up to the full one.  I see my dr a week from today.

I have the support of SO MANY people.  I literally tear up thinking of the wonderful women, my cysters, who I know are supporting me and praying for me as I try this. My husband is also in my corner, as always, when it comes to my health. Dear goodness, if it wasn't for him I have no idea where I'd be at this point with everything.

With all this out there and exposed I guess it's not a secret that this is also the beginning of a journal... of this  journey that I pray I'm about to start.  Maybe I'm optimistic starting it as I begin to test the food, but I'm thinking good thoughts that this will all go well!

Am I writing this and no one is reading, probably, and that's okay. Or, if you're reading and you're going to follow I'll really try not to skip up on this... but maybe let me know you're reading every so often ;)

Here I go....

- B