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 HOW DID I GET SO FAT?!

I haven't set foot on a scale since 2006. Ten years. I remember I was at my mom's cabin up in the mountains of Elijay, GA and I saw the scale there and stepped on wondering what it would say. It said 147.5. I don't know what I expected but that number paralyzed me. I immediately plunged into a Blue Ridge Parkway fried apple pie depression. As I licked my fingers and brushed the crumbs from my shirt I decided there was only one recourse: That would never happen again.
Fast forward ten years. My goal is to turn back the clock. I want to return to that time - return to my weight and my health ten years ago.
Last week I went to the doctor where they - of course - wanted to weigh me. My hips screamed 'Don't Do It' but my overburdened ankle (with what turned out to be Achilles tendinitis) said STFU I'm tired of dragging your fat ass around..
179
My first thought was 'I need to change my DL.'
My second was Holy Crap. That's my nine month pregnant weight! I should be having a baby, but  instead I am having aches and pains in every weight bearing joint of my body.
Thus began this journey.
I am 53, nearly 54. I have a desk job. I like chocolate anything and Diet Coke. And I have no clothes in my closet that fit me. I am not going to make this blog pretty. Mostly it's going to be done from my phone. There will be typos and sideways photographs and probably misspellings and I don't care. This isn't English class: It's Health.
So, with that out of the way, here we go. I make you this promise: I will be brutally honest. I will not fudge or skirt the truth. I will admit when I screw up. I plan to try different 'diets' and 'supplements' as I go until I find the one that works for me. I will tell you what they are and give a frank review. I will never ever try to sell you anything, so if I say I'm using this product and I feel this way, just know that I'm not looking to make money off you. If you want to try something I have found success with, go find your own distributor because I'm not into making my health a business. I just want to feel good.
Okay.
There will be a progress journal. It won't be daily but I want to update it at least weekly.
There will be a page with recipes.
There will be a page with before and afters - eventually.
And there will be a plethora of encouraging meme's mostly pilfered off Facebook.
Here we go.