Day 3 - Friday, June 10 (2016) - 210.0

Well, so far so good. It's Day 3 and I've lost 6.6 pounds. That's really good, but expected since it's the first few days. It would be great if I could lose 10 pounds before it slows down. We'll see soon enough.

I'm leaving for Arizona tomorrow to get the house ready to put on the market. I've already sorted out all the NutriSystem food I'll be taking with me. I'm excited to be able to swim for the time I'm there. My knees won't allow me to walk or do much of any type of exercising, but swimming should be fine. Hopefully I can burn some calories while also providing therapy for my knees.

I love not having to worry about cooking. In the past it's been a major challenge to cook something diet-friendly that Greg would still eat. Now we just tear open a package and throw it in the microwave.

I realized that I'm not going to have a scale for the ten days I'm in Arizona. That bothers me. I actually look forward to getting up every morning and checking my weight. I might have to see if WalMart has a cheap one I can use while I'm there. It might not register the same as my good scale here, but at least it should be relative during the time I'm using it.

I had a steroid injection in each of my knees on Wednesday. The right one is about 80% better but the left one isn't much better at all. Fingers crossed that by Sunday - when I have to start working on the house - it will be better as well.

Day 1 - Wednesday, June 8 (2016) - 216.6

Ha! It has been nine months since I've posted. In that dieting round that began in August of last year I ended up losing a total of about 18 pounds. But, of course, I gained it all back. So I'm starting over.

This time Greg is dieting with me and we're doing NutriSystem. I actually cut alcohol out completely on June 1, but we started on NutriSystem today.

I have been having horrible problems with my knees, so I'm not going to be able to exercise until I get the pain under control. But at least I can start the dieting portion.

I'm pretty motivated, and since most of our food is provided and Greg is doing it with me, I have high hopes for success.

Wish me luck!