Round is a shape

While on vacation I stepped on the scale.  Why would they have a scale in the bathroom at the Biltmore????  why would I step on it while on vacation?  Well I was beyond mortified.  I knew I was fat. This number just confirmed it for me.  UGH!!!!  It was at that moment I decided i needed to do something.  I still had 5  days of vacation.  Still it was time for a change.
   While on this trip my husband and I were reading Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover.  It is an excellent book about debt and how to get out of it.  One analogy Dave used through the whole book was getting out of debt is like getting into shape. Now  if you know me I HATE debt.  Hate may not be a strong enough word.  I have been out of debt except for my Mortgage for a long time, but more on that later.
   So I am fat.  I have known it a long time.  My file at the doctor office says morbidly obese. I am not happy.  So what am  I going to do about it???   I enlisted the help of a few girlfriends ( the 4 of us are in the same weight range) and my husband and we are on a diet together.  I am happy to report that I have lost 13 pounds (from the number while on vacation) I am so embarrassed about the number I will not even post it here (yet)  I have not even told my husband.  My goal is 150 pounds. I know I can do it. I did not put it on in one day it will take a while to get it off.
  One friend sent an email the first Monday to say how her first day went. It was great we all commented shared our thoughts and what we had planned to eat that day.   I did not save it, but the others I have saved.
We all had Success!  Week one we did greens and Proteins.  We all had our own idea of what it looked like. I was thinking chicken, beef cukes, green peppers, lettuce you know green food.   Another included apples.  Granny Smith they are green. 
   Week 2 - just eat healthy.  I weigh in tomorrow. Fingers crossed I have a loss!
Next week I am thinking of doing the Cinch! 5day fast forward.  It is a "cleanse."  It says I can lose 8 pounds in 5 days and inches too.  I will get pictures for this.  I will let you know how it goes.  I have seen posts about how it was hard, it was easy blah. blah. It is ONLY 5 days!!!!  And my hubby as a support will do it with me. So he says.  He already plans to modify the program. 

Wish me Luck!!!