Right around the new year, I decided to overhaul my life and get healthier. I've always been too heavy, but a diet with a lot of takeout and stress eating during my internship (and so far in residency) coupled with a transition back to a sedentary job at a microscope for caused me to gain even more. In the past 3 weeks I've lost 10 pounds by diet changes alone! I'm planning on adding in regular exercise soon, but figured I'd be able to stick with the plan better if I made gradual changes. I'm being better about taking food to work, avoiding restaurants in the evenings unless going out as a group which happens maybe once a month, and I threw out a bunch of less healthy foods I had at home. I realized this weekend that I needed to tell someone about my progress, but I'm not ready to tell my family and friends just yet because deep down there's a fear I'll fail like every time before, so SDN it is. I'm really happy with the progress even though I can't really see it yet aside from the number on the scale.