12-31-08 -M Alas New Years Eve.. Time to say out with the old in with the new.. in my case I'd rather it be out with the new clothes and bring back my old skinny jeans. There is nothing so thrilling as being able to put on the clothes in the back of your closet. In these hard economic times cutting back makes sense. Cutting back on food.. cutting back on calories.. cutting back on my ever expanding waist.. cutting back the trips to Starbucks..cutting back on the trips to the mall to find clothes that fit. Cutting back on the tear's that go along with trying on jeans.. don't even get me started on a bathing suit! Rick and I both decided in order to keep our weight loss journey fair we would each get on a scale.. ( mine said one at a time please) . We took pictures of the scale and pictures of our flabbage. A picture isn't just worth a million words.. it's worth a million sighs.. and several curse words unfit for this page. My thoughts vacillate today between cramming every yummy disgusting treat into my mouth before New Years day to get them in while I can to not eating at all to get a jump on Rick. We all know men lose weight faster then women.. if this is a contest and given our friendship it really is.. I know he'll lose weight just by passing gas. He will claim victory over the scale by the mere cutting out of soda.. while I will be down to a carrot and 12 glasses of water a day and will be thrilled for a 3 oz. loss! Do I sound bitter .. perhaps a tad.. but I'm also hopeful.. and glad my buddy is along for the trip.