Getting myself signed up with a doctor is a step I still need to take. If the last almost two months are any indication, I don't think simply reducing the amount I eat of the things I've been eating will do anything but make me feel better and better. But as part of my overall plan of discipline, I do need to establish myself with a doc.

I think Joe's Goals would be a good tool for dietary improvement a little at a time. Like, give yourself a point for each serving of vegetables, or dock a couple of points for a day without them--that sort of thing.

One way I'm using the tool in relation to eating is giving myself a point for each day I stay at or under 2000 calories, but taking off three points if I end the day below 1500. I call that second one "Too Hungry!" I have a tendency to play "diet games" and I wanted to be sure not to reward myself for doing so, and to make the penalty pretty steep.

That's what I like about the tool: it seems almost infinitely configurable to my own approach to goals.