I like Becky, haven't really made any officially *new* resolutions, but will be ultra strict about getting the habits I've been fighting to change to finally change..
These are, for me:
1. No night time eating.. with new rule that I am stopping all eating between 9 and 10 pm on all days of the week including S days.
2. Daily exercise of *any* kind which is a minimum of 14 mins per day.
Those two are the ones which always make or break weight loss for me.
I've failed on them more than 50% of the time these last few months and I am sad to say I've now gained back pretty much all my original lost weight from the first two years I was doing NoS with say %75 success on N days.
I definitely had and still have my reasons for getting into a slump and depression in the last two years, but at this point, I'm feeling emotionally ready to get tough on myself, for my own sake, and I really want to lose that weight back..
I never took an accurate reading of my weight when I started, but it was somewhere in the 230+ range.. I got down to 199 by Fall of 2006 and then had eight months of depression from being unemployed and very lonely.. Then my Dad died in May of 2007 and I really just couldn't pick myself up for over a year emotionally. Slowly over the course of that year till now, I slid and slid and I am now up to 239 pounds.
I'm quite upset about it, but not going to beat myself up.
It's very scary to me, how easily the weight creeped up. I thought I'd *never* be seeing myself get this fat again, but here I am.
Thankfully, I know the solution, and I am 100% committing myself to this.
Here's to loads of green days in 2009 for us all!!!
By the way, Reinhard, I will also be taking your advice that I've read which you have given to many here, and not weighing myself at all for the first month. I think that in itself, has been a bad way to get distracted from sticking to my goal..
Paradoxically, whenever I knew I had lost a few pounds during the week, it made me more lax about sticking to the rules.. I found myself lulled into complacency. Then a few days later, I'd gain it back..
Guess what.. I have lost and gained the same 4 lbs for the past 2 months.
If I don't step on the scale till the end of the month, I will be less likely to let my guard down, and stay very strict and focused with tunnel vision, on sticking to my personal habit goals.
Sorry for posting this here. I wanted to make it a bit more conspicuous and "official".
I hope to lose between 30 and 40 lbs this year. I think that is reasonable.
I'm feeling incredibly unhealthy and uncomfortable these days. It will be wonderful when I am feeling fit and healthy again!
Wishing all here the very best for 2009!
I'm happy I have such a nice support group and want to thank you all for being such lovely friends.
Special thanks, as always, to Reinhard.
You are always an inspiration to me and have been a great friend!
Much love and respect,
Debs
At one point, No S was simple, and even the S days were getting reasonable. For now, the S days are a little crazy. So January will be getting the N days down, and then I'll start looking at the S days. 
