Winning the War on Fat

I am starting a new program today that is supposed to help conquer sugar addiction.  It's a 4 week course over the phone, one hour every Friday, and costs $47.  Maybe I can get a new perspective and some tools to help.  It certainly can't hurt!
I am also trying to figure out how to get off the Lyrica I have been on.  I know it has contributed to my weight gain, but it helps me sleep so much, and when I don't take it I suffer anxiety and toss and turn all night.  Maybe I'll just have to suffer...

I have officially hit rock bottom.  Time to change things.  I feel helpless to this extra weight but I will continue to remind myself tat I have the power to change.
I want to be healthy so I can go hiking.  Real hiking.  And be able to enjoy it instead of huffing and puffing the whole way....

I appreciate the support and honesty in the comments from my blog yesterday.
I just want to do this follow-up to make sure that I make myself clear. It may have sounded like I was making excuses for myself in the blog. I definitely did not intend it that way. The point I was trying to make was that everyone has their own issues...

I have been struggling lately. Struggling badly. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in August by one doctor and in October by another. It's been coming on for a few years now. My eating has been out of control and my workouts, the one thing that I was...