Eliz67

I’ve only had one successful attempt at losing weight, where I lost 20 pounds by visiting the gym for three hours a day four times a week and not eating a bit of wheat, and kept it off for 9 months – then I gave up and gained 40 pounds back. Now I’ve recently graduated with an MBA, and if I can accomplish that, I know I can accomplish this! Plus, I’ve got better reasons for losing the weight: 1) my knees are in trouble (the first visible health issue), 2) family history of heart trouble, and 3) I am no longer married and am out of the vicious cycle of depression and self-abandonment that caused me to eat. I’ve therefore joined Weight Watchers with a friend and am starting to address my various issues. So far – 5 pounds off!

I’ve been fooling myself for quite a bit about my debt, saying that since I’m in Grad school and I’ll pay it off when I get a job – yadda, yadda. It’s grown to about $8,000 now, and I’ve graduated without a job. Yipes! It’s not that I’ve been paying the minimum – but if I pay $500, I spend $600! Not on anything really, but on books, trinkets and meals out. I’ve been spending to deal with my fears and to not feel poor – but now I can’t afford a car to replace my minivan with 150,000 miles on it. It’s time to pay it all off, by hook or by crook.