And here we go, the no-food journey is finally started

I’m on a diet. For some reason this sounds trivial but it’s not. It’s a struggle, it’s a journey, and it’s a goal that stays in my head from dawn to dusk. Each day. I wanted to be on a diet for over a year now, but it's just like when you have to quit smoking. There is no good time, it doesn't make sense to start before a weekend, or a big party, or pretty much ever. Normal eaters, the majority of the population, who weight a number and find peace with it (being anywhere from skinny to moderately fat; and sticking with it) cannot understand that.

I mentally count the calories of what goes in my mouth then I count it again on my computer at night, in my online journal. When I go over my daily goal of 1200 calories, I’m usually off by 10 or 20 calories, and I log in some exercise to compensate (the 5 minutes I had to walk to catch my bus, the 7 minutes I lifted weight from the delivery room to the office, then to our stockroom). Anything not to add another failure to my weight problems board.

I like the online system, because a diet is a mental challenge against yourself, and a virtual journal is exactly what I need to succeed. I get to share my thoughts, post my mood, seek advice and encouragements from my online friends, my fellow calorie-deprived buddies. Suits me well.

While online, you get to browse through so much more info, by hoping from a post to another. This way, I encountered dieting online store that I could not believe existed, diet recipes that (almost) sound yummy (don’t know about the taste), and crazy exercising tips. Empowering new starts stories of people like me (or real obese, which I'm far from) becoming marathon runners. Or just zipping their size 2 jeans and looking good (I don't aim for the stars every morning, you know).

Because I cannot refrain myself from chatting and writing non-stop, and most of my dieting partners are in the US (don’t draw stupid conclusions here, I’m using an American app, that’s all) I needed a new space outside the official website. Hence the new blog. Welcome into my no-sugar-barely-any-fat-story, it starts today. (Well, technically it started last week but it doesn’t sound as dramatic, does it?)