Like others, I'm hoping that by keeping a journal I'll be more
faithful to my efforts until the PB becomes a fully-ingrained
lifestyle.  I stumbled across MDA about a year ago. I don't
remember the precise search that had gotten me there, but I had
been sniffing around online abount diet/diabetes. I had just
been home and had been discussing with my mother how she was
being directed by her doctor to get her diet in order, as she
was heading towards becoming diabetic. This was a bit of a
"wake-up" for me, too. Both of my grandmothers were diabetics,
and one died a terrible death from its complications. I figured
I should start looking to change my ways, too--and now.  My
history. I am a 39 year old male. I'm 5'8" and weighed 181 lbs
this morning. I was a very scrawny kid who weighed 139 lbs when
I went off to college (This low weight is probably attributed to
my being extremely active in high school--running cross-country
and exercising race horses.). As you can see, over the last 20
yrs there has been a "slow