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Damn!  The system ate my first post!  At least someone (or something) is eating around here!!!

As if I don't have enough going on already, I have decided to go on a diet.  Yes, yes I know, that's the worst 4-letter word out there, but I'm feeling like I'm approaching the Tyra Banks level of full-figuredness (see below).  Not that it's completely wrong, but for my frame it would just not look right.  I'm not a 6' model.  I'm a 5'-something average figure normal person and every little pound, unfortunately, shows.  It's time I did something and wasn't more evident than when I got weighed at the doctor's office today.   I went in because my left ear is plugged up.  I can't really describe it except for the sensation you get when you're flying and you need to "pop" your ears.  Except with me, there's no popping relief to be had.  Before the doctor could see me for this strange affliction, I needed to go through the routine of getting weighed, blood pressure checked, etc.  When the nurse told me to get on the scale, I had to warn her that my clothes and shoes weighed 20 pounds altogether.  I doubt she believed me.

As the doctor was checking out my ears, he said that my right ear looked worse and had this gross waxy build-up inside.  That was supposed to be my "good" ear.  Ironically, the left ear was clear and free.  WTF?!  Is all I could think.  He suggested I gargle with warm salt water which should clear the eustachian tube.  Meanwhile, he ordered the nurse to flush my right ear out with water.  I had this done many, many years ago and it isn't a pleasant experience -- especially if you don't like the feeling of water shooting through your ear with what feels like a fire hose!  It took what seemed like an hour of her shooting water in my ear (it was only 5 min!), alternating cold then hot (!) to finally dislodge the waxy build up.  Now my ears are free and clear.  Unfortunately, I still can't hear well out of the left side and the right side feels water-logged.  And, unless that ball 'o wax weighed 20 pounds, I need to desperately lose some poundage.

I know exactly what the problem is.  It's my horrible diet (as my four food groups consist of salt, sugar, butter and caffeine) and lack of exercise.  I know myself well enough to know that I'm not about to go a strict exercise regiment nor am I going to exclusively nibble on bunny food until I drop 20.  I'm not one for aerobics and I can't stand the smell of the inside of a gym (makes me gag - ugh!).  I do have an exercise ball that I use as a chair.  Granted I'd need to do just a little more exercising with it, but it's a start and it's good for my back.  I used to be so good at exercising and controlling my appetite until the past year or so.  I used to do 200 sit ups a day and eat no more than one complete meal.

A year and 30 pounds later, I feel and look like a blob.  I'm tempted to try those diet pills shilled on tv but I know those are bogus.  For the time being, I'm going to try the Special K two-week diet...again.  I tried it once but didn't get past the first week.  Maybe a jump-start is what I need to keep me motivated.  Or wiring my mouth shut.  Only the scale will tell... 

a "model" figure?