Three Pounds A Week . . .

Last night: 229.2
This morning: 227.0

Goal for 12/13/2006: 224.0 (first 3!)

I am just going to round down to the nearest 1 place, no decimal anymore. So I have a long ways to go to get to 190. I am not going to let that stop me.

The best I have ever done dieting was 30lbs of loss doing Atkins. I was miserable, and by the end I had to take laxitives cause even large doses of fiber did no good. I have also done pretty well on Weight Watchers in the past, but I am not down with their “meetings”. I think Weight Watchers is amazing for women though. This time I am doing my own thing. I am trying to eat what my body tells me. I know some people that find themselves reading this are going to ask, “what about exercise”? Of course, I said already I have a gym membership. I also live a couple miles from an incredible skate park that I could ride around in. My goal is to move that direction, just not right away. I am working almost 60 hours a week right now, and with the holidays it’s all I can do to keep a good attitude about life let alone exercise.

Last night my wife and I made a trip to Trader Joe’s and picked up some food supply for my office. I am drinking tea in the morning instead of coffee, and other then that only water. This is a lot for me to do. I drink soda and beer normally, and NO water. Thankfully my office is only a few paces from the nearest restroom at work.

This morning, I woke up with the worst headache.

Speaking of not sleeping well, I am making other changes too. The most important one is for my body. I have been seeing a chiropractor for about 4 weeks now. He has done a lot to encourage me, and help me understand how my habits are making me feel miserable. I work in IT for a living, so 98% of my day is spent staring at my computer monitor reading and analyzing. I sit at a bad angle, and by the end of the day my shoulders, neck, and back are killing me. I am rearranging my office today which will in fact give me more lab space anyway (I have about 5 computers in my office).