I may not have shed any pounds during the first week, but I've met some goals. My aims for this week were simple: keep a detailed diary of all of the foods that I ate and exercises completed, stop drinking my calories and consume only water (bye-bye to OJ, soda, tea, coffee and all of the other liquid goodies I used to enjoy), and get working on an exercise plan.

Well, two out of three ain't bad. I did a fabulous job keeping a detailed food diary and it's really helped me to see what my food...