This is a blog about me and my weight loss journey. I expect it might not be of much interest to the average joe user. However, those who have struggled with weight issues for a life-time, as I have, might find it inspiring (well eventually, since this is just the start), useful, or perhaps just a little interesting.

Three days ago I "re-enlisted" at Weight Watchers. Okay, this is a common occurrence amongst Weight Watchers devotees. Nothing new here. But suddenly I felt this compelling desire to blog about my experiences. For two reasons: 1) I love to talk so I wanted an outlet for expressing all my thoughts, feelings, activities, etc. and 2) I wanted to go public with my journey in an effort to keep myself honest.

Just like with enrolling in WW, or any other weight loss program where you have to join, part of the reason for success has to do with owning up to your situation and going public. So the beauty of dieting in this age of technology is that we have the ability to discuss our thoughts openly and freely through blogging, and whenever we run into problems, we have the internet at our disposal to research whatever burning issues, problems, concerns might come up.

Oh, a few words on the title of this blog--Lusting Myself to Skinny--okay, okay so I wanted a catchy title. Lusting in itself is not what makes me skinny, but one of the byproducts of losing weight and feeling better about myself is that it immediately increases my libido (which I've been told was high to begin with). So although I use many methods to keep myself on track, one constant that I can expect (since I've been down this pathless countless times before) is that I'll also use sex as a both a reward and frequent activity while I'm journeying toward a lower weight.

Why Weight Watchers? Of course, my chief "tool" for losing the actual weight is enrolling in the WW program and following the plan. Yes, like many, many others, I have found great success by using WW in the past. And like many others, I was quite skeptical at first. As a lifetime yo-yoer, I had tried many programs over my lifetime. And had success with many. But with all the short-term, quick-loss schemes that we all seem to yearn for came the even quicker replacement of the unwanted pounds.

But with WW, even though I walked in thinking it would not work, it was a plan that I could truly adapt to my lifestyle and to whatever situation I found myself in. When I first joined about 5 or 6 years ago, I lost about 75 pounds. And although I didn't lose the weight overnight, I lost it in a relatively short amount of time--about 8 or 9 months. And for a while, I was religious about attending meetings. Although I didn't quite make it to my goal, I was pretty close and at a very comfortable weight. The problem started when I stopped going to meetings. Okay, so maybe it actually started when I started eating excess food again, but those things seemed to occur almost simultaneously. So, although I haven't regained ALL my weight, the pounds started creeping on little by little (at first) until finally I was almost 50 pounds up from my lowest weight. Aaack!!! That was a jolt. Not that I didn't know it was happening. Of course I did. But I just kept adjusting my wardrobe accordingly. Us lifetime dieters are good at that. So I picked WW again, cause I know it works, cause it's a "normal" way to lose weight, because it's a plan I can follow for a lifetime (as long as I let myself), and because I won't destroy my metabolism and put the weight back on in just a few weeks or months.

So wish me luck--well not that I need luck, I don't. I just need to STAY FOCUSED. That's really all there is to it. I know, cause I've done this before (did I mention that?).