Seems like every year about this time I realize I have to lose a few pounds to get my long johns under my jeans, so I get serious about my diet.  The choices are few.  I can't afford a new wardrobe and I don't want to spend the rest of my life in sweats.  So, it's back to lots of veggies: salads and stir-fry, portion controlling lean meat choices and building open-faced sandwiches high enough to require a fork and knife.  And it's time to get out the exercise videos, which are easier to do in the winter when I position myself to be able to watch the squirrels scrambling through the trees and on and off the roof next door.  It would be nice to have some one local to conference with daily, but it doesn't seem likely, so I'll be blogging from time to time.  Encouragement needed!