It’s Friday and that means it’s time for another weigh-in. I’m disappointed to announce that there has been no progress made in my efforts to reduce my weight. I weighed in today at 300 pounds which is exactly what I weighted last Friday. I’m OK with this, because there’s no sense in not being OK and the truth is there is some good in this bit of information.
First of all, earlier this week my weight was actually higher than it is today thanks in part to those evil girls in green and their cookies. I allowed myself to be seduced and I’m paying the price for my weakness. Actually, I’m paying the price again. The little boxes of cookie goodness, have gone up in price (I think) and are now $4.00 each for what appear to be smaller boxes! First, I paid out of pocket and now I’m paying on the scale. However, I still have three sleeves of Thin Mints left and I bought four (two boxes) as well as two boxes of Tagalongs – TWO WEEKS AGO! The fact that the cookies aren’t long gone is a true sign of improvement.
Secondly, (Why is it not second of all?) over the last year or so, my weight has been steadily climbing at an alarming rate. The fact that my weight has pretty much been the same through this month (actually gone down roughly three pounds. Woo hoo! Yay me!) is improvement on its own and shows one thing we can take away from this experiment. It may not be an effective stand-alone weight loss tool, but “a salad a day keeps the pounds away”… the new one’s anyway.
There are 11 days left in the month. The salad for lunch experiment is drawing to a close. I’ve made no secret of the fact that I haven’t been perfect on this thing but the vast majority of the time I’ve done quite well at sticking to the plan. With 11 days to go, I’ll reserve official judgment, but it seems clear that salad for lunch everyday, by it’s self, is not an effective weight loss strategy. Bummer! It was pretty easy. Maybe that’s the problem? There are a number of potential fad diets to be examined in the coming months but I’ve decided that since it’s finally daylight savings time and spring perhaps the fad of April should be something more physical than nutritional. I’ll still try to eat sensible meals but the focus will be on activity and not on food.
Folks, this is going to suck. I’m not an active, physical person and I’m not an outdoorsy kinda guy. I hate to sweat. I don’t like dirt and bugs suck a lot. On the other hand I live in a really beautiful area and I often think I don’t take full enough advantage of it. I wonder if I could learn to like the outdoors more. No, I have never been a physical person and I’ve got the body to prove it. Meanwhile I have always been physically attracted to men who are physically fit and I have always fantasized that “one day” I will be one of them. Well folks, “one day” doesn’t come if you don’t make an effort. So I’ve decide, that’s what April is going to be about. Being more physical, increasing my aerobic activity and trying to increase my stamina while dropping some of these pounds.
Check back next week for April’s fad of the month. There are three or four possibilities I’m considering. It should be interesting!
Riggledo 