Dairy of a dieter...prep day for the GM diet

I weighed myself after a nice holiday at home and discovered that I weighed a whopping er.... ahem, well let me just say that I am pretty large. So I decided that it is high time I do something about it, again. People who know me will roll their eyes cos they know that I have these ridiculous ideas from time to time. The last time I had a similar bout of enthusiasm about losing weight, I stuck it out for a decent amount of time. A month and a half of swimming 18 laps at least four days a week. The change was just beginning to be discernible when I broke it off as I had a vacation coming up.

Anyways, I am now determined to lose a few (quite a few) pounds. So I am starting this new diet in the hopes of kick starting my system into metabolising more. I heard a lot of good stuff about the GM diet or the Cabbage soup diet. I mean, you can gorge on fruits and veggies to your hearts content and no starving. And it lasts only for a week. As my friends will happily and very truthfully tell you, I probably would not even last for a day - I am a notorious foodie. Anyways, I am hoping that I will be halfway successful this time around - and by halfway successful, I mean at least last three out of seven days of the diet.

This is "diary" is in the hopes that since I am on a diet, I might be able to stick it out if I turn it into a sort of an experiment and blog through my experience. Tomorrow is the first day. Wish me luck.

4 generations of women in one photograph - priceless!

From left to right: My great Grandmom, Grandmom, Mom and me

Robin - a true friend and companion

This is Robin when he was a pup - boundless energy and the most mischivious brain!

Fellow blogger threatened - I support Inji Pennu

I logged in to my blog and wanted to add Inji's blog as one of my favourite blogs. I went to her blog today and was shocked to read through her latest post. She has been abused, cyber stalked and threatened with bodily harm for telling a website that they have violated copyright laws by publishing content from other blogs without prior consent. If interested, you can read the whole story here. And the site kerals.com seems to be completely unscrupulous.

It is scary how the concept of "freedom of speech" can be abused to such extremes. And how content from your blog can be used by others without your consent.
I support Inji in her fight against this blatant crime commited by the site by joining the protest.