Product: Thomas Light Multi Grain English Muffins

1 whole muffin = 1 WW point. I found them at Giant Eagle.

Product: Wishbone Salad Spritzers

Asian Silk flavor - 10 sprays for 10 calories. How can you beat that? I'm sure this is old new to most people, but I'm listing it here as it is a great tool in my low-calorie condiments toolbox. You can find it at just about any grocery store.

Product: Dubois Sugar Cane Syrup

1 tsp = 15 calories! Great for coffee, tea or even putting in your oatmeal. I like my coffee fairly sweet and 1 tsp does the trick for me.

Lunch: 5 points

Egg salad (1 egg [2 points], 1 Tbsp. light Miracle Whip [1 point]), served on Thomas' Light Multi-Grain English muffin [1 point] with alfalfa and bean sprouts, 1 orange [1 point], 1 cup chopped carrots and red bell peppers with 10 sprays of Asian Silk Salad Spritzer (Wishbone)

Why I'm Here

Hi, I'm Mish. I'm just one of about a million people who are trying to get healthy and lose weight. I created this blog to keep myself accountable, stay inspired, and hopefully motivate someone else along the way.

I've been on the diet roller coaster since I was 10 years old, when I lost 20 pounds at Weight Watchers. Ever since then, I've been "normal" size, a bit overweight, and a lot overweight, which is how I am now. So what's going to be different this time? I had a wake up call at the doctor's office last week. My blood pressure has been borderline, and if it doesn't improve in the next 30 days I will need to go on medication. At 35 I'm too young for this (although, is there really every a good age to start taking BP medication?).

So, enough is enough. Time to do something. I signed up for WW online on Jan. 20, 2008. At my weigh in today I lost 2 pounds. A good start!

My format for this blog will be very short posts, similar to Slashfood (love that blog!). That way you can skip over the stuff that doesn't interest you. I'll be posting product finds that I use and love, meal ideas, recipes, etc.

I hope this will inspire you and me both!