I've been struggling with my weight for quite a few years now. Sometime this last summer, I decided it would be a good idea to take some diet pills that a couple co-workers were using. That was the biggest mistake ever. I lost some weight. The pills were really expensive and obviously not covered by insurance so I had to quit taking them. Then after a few months I noticed....

I wasn't putting the weight back on but it's like my weight shifted around and nicely rearranged itself in my stomach. I'm so upset over that. I am happy that I haven't gained the weight back plus more, the way it usually goes when you go off diet pills. But still.. my stomach didn't look this big before.

Anyone who is considering doing what I've done as the easy way out, I strongly discourage it. There is no easy button for weight loss. The sad thing is that I've done this more than once. You'd think I would have learned my lesson but I didn't and now I'm paying for my stupidity. Not just with the way I look but also diet pills just aren't healthy.

So I will do it the hard way. Lots of hard work. But summer will be here before long and I need to look hot.