Wednesday, October 10, 2007

MAJOR MALFUNCTION



We interrupt this program to report A MAJOR MALFUNCTION!!!

I am sorry to report that since my last post on 9/20 (twenty days ago!) I have GONE OFF THE RAIL. Regressed. Fallen off the wagon. Reverted to my not-so-former evil ways. Partaken of the forbidden fruit (and pizza, and candy, and nasty fast food). Abandoned ship!

I have no excuse for having taken leave of my senses. I am clearly weak and deranged. Perhaps I have a death wish? I don't know how it started, but it did. The "switch" turned off, and I just didn't feel like putting forth the effort involved. I didn't feel like planning and executing the healthy eating plan. I didn't feel like sacrificing or abstaining from tempting (but bad) food choices. I felt like indulging - whatever, whenever.

(Warning: Rationalization approaching...) I suppose it could have been worse. In 3 weeks I gained 3.7 pounds, which merely erased my last "good" week's loss. Today's weight is 315.1 pounds, which puts me 1.1 pounds over my "pace" goal of 314 (I have computed a "pace" line from my start date of 8/22/07 through my end date of 11/12/08, assuming a 2 pound per week loss and an end goal of 200). So, while not ruinous, it has (depressingly) put me "behind the curve", which means I have to double-time it to catch up.

So, here I am - on the road to recovery. Needless to say I am not feeling good about things, but I have to (re-)start somewhere. At the very least, I did step on the scale this morning, and here I am, posting to the blog again. I have a healthy eating plan on deck for today, and packed myself some healthy food options for lunch and snacks. Back to the grind...