Hi.. I am back! For all the newbies, I am Sonali from California. I've been on/off this wagon for some time now. I was doing so good. I few years ago, I challenge myself to stay on SS for 100 days and was able to loose 88 lbs in that time. It was amazing. A lot of things have happened since.. (mostly good). But as I lost control of my healthy eating and with all the traveling and social events, all the old eating habits crept up. This did not happen over night.. I've been out of control for sometime and here I am.

I've been trying to start since Monday but everyday was a fail. This whole week I would start with a shake (maybe got to shake #3) but then blow it up by the end of the day. I decided to post and see if by doing so i can stay focused and commited.

I also decided to post my weight. Now, I know that most of you choose not to do that, but at least for me it helps me. It gives me a sense of ownership of where I am and where I want to be (eventually). As mentioned before, this did not happen overnight and the damage is done. So i know I won't shed the lbs. overnight either. I'll have to be patient and persistant.

I have 2 trips coming up. The first one I leave on the 28th of this month (yes! two weeks from now)and going to Mexico for a week. The second one I leave on the 14th of August and going to Europe for 3 weeks.

With that, I can't go on with life weighing over 300 lbs. I once used to weigh over 380! And I refuse to go back. I am getting there if I don't do something about it NOW.

So here I go again (the Sonali way) in hopes that I go back to my "old healthy habit" What's done is done and I am not looking back, just pushing forward.

Have a good weekend everyone and know that you are not alone on this journey... I forgot that for a sec... but I am back now.