New Year!!.....New Me??

The obligatory first of year diet has commenced. The problem is that I don't want it to be obligatory or a diet. I want to effect actual real change in my health. My cholesterol is 223 and my blood pressure is above normal for the first time in my life. With heart disease a rampant problem in my family tree, I'd really like to not make a doctor say, "She's so young to be having a heart attack." Why, then, have I only ever committed to weight loss once in a serious way. And why, after losing 60 pounds, did I allow myself to slip back to an unhealthy and unhappy me? I guess comfort and 'doing what's easy' are the simple answers. I mean, do I really want to say no to that second helping of my favorite foods for the rest of my life? (The answer that should come from my lips is, "Yes! It's only food!") I know that I have to commit my mind and not just my stomach to the task. New goal.....shift my mind.....this is my new life......goodbye old me.