Wake up call

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Last month, Michael Jackson died. Big news, lots of publicity, all over the tv, magazines, internet, everywhere. How that affects me is that he is 9 months younger then me. Also last month, a friend of mine died. She was only a couple of years then me. I heard she just sort of slumped over while talking to her daughter. They took her to the hospital but by the time they got there she was already dead of a heart attack. I am, as the medical term is, morbidly obese. I have been overweight since I was in school. I have tried dieting at times and even went down to obese rating but ended up gaining it back and more. I have been back losing weight, for me, for my kids, for my family in general. I am posting this as a challenge to myself. I am taking responsibility and trying to do my best to lose at least 100 pounds. At 2 pounds a week average it should take a year, I figure it should come off faster to start but then later at a steady pace. I'm not going to be making a regular post about it but I will try to keep up with my progress on a regular basis either with comments here or with new posts.