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Changes are coming, and one of them is this video right here. I’ve not been making my own videos thus far, just blogging.

So the vlogging thing is new for me, and I’m getting used to it. I think I can make it work because I like hearing myself talk; so that works for me..

I need to make some changes and it seems like the right time.
I want to drop some weight, and to do that, I need to go on a diet.

I also need to stop drinking.

And all this rounds off 10 years since I got separated and finally divorced; so it’s been 10 years, and I really want to move on.
But that’s 10 years of a fairly steady drinking problem; I call it a problem in that I don’t think I went a day for that 10 years without drinking.

So where as I was mostly a social drinker before, for the last 10 years I’ve been a habitual drinker, and I want to stop that part.

So I’ll lay off drinking for a while; maybe a year?

And then I saw this video recently by Penn Jellete and he kicked off losing a lot of weight with a Potatoe diet.

That makes sense to me, being mostly Irish, so I’ll try that for the first month, and then go from there. I’ll modify it and say I can also eat greek yogurt, herbs, and greens of just about any kind.

I wanted to share this experience on Steemit, because I feel I have a support structure here I can count on and really value, and I hope someday someone will see this and maybe it will help them.

I spent some time looking around on Steemit looking for people talking about quitting drinking, and I found a few.

It was interesting to see their approach and how they shared about it…

I will go with my own style here, but I appreciate everyone that shared their experience and I’ll put this up to share in the grand tradition.

Make no mistake, I like to drink and I like to eat.

I intend to keep doing plenty of both. But it’s gotten out of hand, and I need to take a break for a year and work on my habits and find some new ways of doing things.

I’m really bad at moderation, and I decided after watching Penn’s video on his potato diet, I’d read the book he wrote about it “Presto!” and try his approach, since it worked for him.

I think it’s mostly the drinking that keeps the weight on me. No matter what I eat, if I don’t stop drinking, I’m just going to stay heavy..

So I’m thinking if I quit eating heavy foods, and if I stop alcohol for a while, it’s just going to come right off; and I’ll be a happier person.

Wish me luck!

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