I know that I am over weight. I know it is because I am an emotional eater. I also don't like to sweat. So I tend not to exercise much. So of course I weigh more than I should. I don't look as big as I am according to other people. I don't know if they are just trying to be nice or what? I've never been so bad looking that I couldn't get someone to talk to me because they were interested in me.

    So, why do I want to lose weight? I have a major fear issue that I will turn out like my Mother if I don't change the way that I do things. My doctor wants me to have bariatric surgery. If I need it, I will go that route. But for now, I'm going to start working out at the gym. My roommate is adding me to his membership plan, and eating fewer calories. I found a few great meal menu plans for 1,000 calories a day diet. I know I can do well on a diet like that even with all the food that is here in the house as long as I keep busy on work and doing what I need to do to lose weight.

    Where did I find these menu plans? I found it at Choose my plate which is a United States Government website. This is the only site that I have found so far that won't force me to eat more calories than I want too. Why did I choose so few calories, when the diet calorie range is 1200-1500 per day? It is because of the fact that I have in the past been told to go on a diet with that few calories a day by a physician who specialized in weight loss.

    So we will see when I start my workout routines at the gym. My roommate doesn't always do things right away. I don't know if this is intentional or what. He said he was going to pay my phone bill, but didn't pay it until the day that my phone was shut off. He also keeps saying he is going to buy me a new pair of shoes, which he has been saying for weeks now. Why am I relying on my roommate so much? It is because I give him almost every cent that I have at this point to pay rent and the other bills.

    One thing that I am going to work on is to drink mostly diet drinks until my roommate gives me the shoes, the gym membership, and the measuring cups and spoons I need for my portion control. I am also going to try to watch my portions as much as possible due to the fact that I do I a partial set of measuring spoons. So at least I will be working on my progress to lose weight.

     I will also be forcing myself to walk to Starbucks to work each day until I have this gym membership so that I can be doing some sort of exercise routine. This is a lot better than what I am currently doing. Which is just waking up in the morning, making my bed, washing my face, showering, and just sweeping the common areas. This is before I work on my blog and YouTube accounts. So at the moment there isn't much that I am doing other than my personal work except for when I see my client. I am a home health aide.

I hope you all follow me through my journey to lose weight. Those that follow what I'm doing will be able to tell when I am losing weight and gaining weight and what solutions I use when I am stuck at a weight loss plateau. I hope to see more and more people following my journey...