My first. Goodbye, blog-ginity.

So here I am..sitting in an empty lecture theater in the University and for some crazy reason, I've decided to begin a blog. Is this a good idea? I don't know. I think I'll enjoy having somebody (if only my computer screen) to share my diet woes and woohoos with. Can you tell I'm not an English major?

Anyway.

Today I'm going to start divulging what's going through my brain as I attempt to shed my chubby body in hopes of finding a beautiful and more confident one hidden beneath the flub.

My screen-name, FireLit, was one I had to think about for a long time. I'm not creative. FireLit sounded right because, after years of being the chunky sister, the fat friend and the not-quite-good-enough daughter, I lit a fire under my ass and decided that only I could change these titles.

So I've begun a diet. It's hard but I'm proud of myself for getting this far. It's more than a lot of fat people achieve.

It is day 5 of my new diet.

I'm 6.4 pounds lighter.

I feel great.