It is Jan. 21, 2011. I just downloaded the Calorie Counter app to my phone. I thought I had not had it before but when I logged in online I found stuf from a year ago. It looks like that diet lasted about 4 days. That's par for the course with me. But this is a brand new year and I am approaching this from a completely new attitude and a game plan to boot! I decided (during a time of weakness) to take my two sons, their wives, and my 10 grandchildren (plus my granddaughter's boyfriend) to Disney World this summer. Everyone was so excited. We did this several years ago and everyone still talks about it as their most favorite vacation ever. We rent a big house with a pool and well, it's just fun. But then I started about the heat, my weight, my constantly swelling feet, my "get out of breath walking to the mailbox" body, and well I started to panic. All I could think of was, "what have I done?" So then it dawned on me. I have 6 months...surely I can loose a chunk in that amount of time. But then I thought about motivation. Would a Disney trip be motivation enough to keep me going? I came up with the perfect solution that is working out great. Every day (or as often as possible) I send an email to my sons and their "oh so fit and beautiful" wives. It is basically a diet journal. I tell them how I've done and how I feel. My daughter-in-laws have, in turn, sent me the most wonderful motivational emails. I'm telling you...this works!!! I am totally accountable to them. They are not going to let me fail! Now if I can just figure out how to get all that old stuff out of there so that I can start new...