Well, here we try again. A new year and back to the same old resolutions. Still getting my life in order.

I have good news on the financial issue - I've paid off Discover and Visa and will make a chunk payment tomorrow on Mastercard. All thanks to Mom and Dad. I confessed to Shawn last night that I am terrified that I will pay off these credit cards only to run them up again - and there will be no more Mom and Dad bailing me out. I think the Discover and Mastercard will be put away and I will only use the Visa. And I will pay that off over the course of the month, not just the end of the month. I've heard that's a great way to do it and it helps your credit rating. But it still really scares me; I've often said I wouldn't 'return to the evil' in the past and always have.

Bad news on the weight issue - I am at my highest weight EVER (see the 'return to the evil' comment above!) I canceled the Nutrisystem plan as it wasn't very helpful. I have three months worth in the basement which I will start on tomorrow. The updated plan is to eat ONLY the Nutrisystem meals and a piece of fruit or two Monday through Friday, salads and lean meats on Saturday and take Sunday off until the Nutrisystem meals are finished. By then I might be in a place where I can do the salad and lean meats Monday through Saturday, still taking Sunday off. We will see - I just know that if I don't get this thing under control soon, I will suffer a great health issue, be it a heart attack, stroke or diabetes. I ain't a young chicken any more that can get away with extra weight.

I am also going to start asking God for help with it.