Welcome to the New Year!

And welcome to the second life of this blog.  The new year is typically a time for new beginnings and this year my wife and I signed up to take control of our finances by attending Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University sponsored by a local church.  We've been married almost 30 years and we have never created or stuck to a budget.  Consequently we are seriously in debt.  Not so much that we can't dig our way out so participating in the course is the first step toward getting our finances in order.

I anticipate learning proper budgeting of our funds in this class and a plan on how to get out from under our debt.  It got me thinking if a lack of a budget and ignoring a problem led to our indebtedness then a lack of a plan for my weight and ignoring the obvious has led to my current weight situation.  If I can attack the home budget it seems the opportune time to attack the caloric budget too.

This is why I am posting today.  Apparently 9 years ago I created this blog and had every intention of losing weight.  It was an interesting read and the weight loss attempt ended abruptly with no explanation.  The truth is my heart wasn't in it and the main tool I was using to track my food (my palm pilot) broke.  Thus the end of what reads to me to have been a halfhearted attempt.

I turned 55 last month and in order to attack the caloric budget I have to come face to face with the truth, I'm fat.  This is a truth that is sometimes hard to see.  It is amazing how when I look down at myself I don't see a fat person.  But the scale doesn't lie.  So here I am 9 years later and about 25 lbs heavier then where I left off.

Tonight is the introductory meeting for the Financial Peace University class, next week is the first real class.  So I have scheduled my initial weigh-in for this Saturday Jan 18th.

Wish me well.