Thank you all

For your moral support and well wishes. The first meeting wasn't nearly as scary as I feared, although the life changing prospect of what I'm undertaking still has me flummoxed.

I've decided to keep a secondary journal, documenting my weight loss process... I toyed with setting up a friends group (and limiting my rambling to just those who wanted to hear), but I don't want to have to make my ramblings friends only. So, while angst may still show up here from time to time, most of my dieting tales will be in lessofme. Feel free to add it, if you're interested, or don't if you're not. I won't be offended.

It was sobering to realize on weigh in yesterday that the top weight of my goal range was (to within half a pound) exactly half of what I weigh now. If I'm successful at this, I'll be half the person I am at the finish.

Wow.