I promised myself that I was going to lose weight by my next birthday. I didn’t make any promises as to how much, but it would be great if I could drop about 50 pounds. But there are only about 7 1/2 months until my birthday, and so far I have made no progress.

I’ve been doing some comparison shopping on diet supplements, but I’ve come to the conclusion that none of them are cheap. So I guess my best bet is to study their effectiveness so I at least get the most bang for my buck. I’ve heard good things about the Phentermine patches, and they’re not any more expensive than the other stuff. I’m going to keep looking, but I’m keeping them in mind.

Of course exercising can be done for free, and I really need to do some of that. Finding the time and energy to do it is my biggest problem. So a little boost to get me started would be a big help.