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Committing to writing a blog a few times a week is almost as tough as sticking to a weight loss program. I hate to call it a diet because those never seem to go well. People that are on programs seem to have good luck, I guess, so maybe my past failures have been because I was calling what I was doing the wrong thing. Wouldn’t that be just the way? You’ve been suffering through a lifetime of yo-yo weight loss simply because you called what you were doing a diet instead of a program? Let’s hope so!

I got a surprise in the mail Friday. Apparently my mother, who also is a multiple weight loss program veteran, signed me up for weight watchers…and even paid for the first month. My wife has been doing their program, see, another program, for the past couple of months and has had good success. I’ve been considering it but just hadn’t pulled the trigger on signing up. I definitely never expected my mom to sign me up, and certainly didn’t ask. Any hoo… I stopped by their office while I was out and about and am willing to give it a try. The one thing that I’ve determined already though is that it is hard as hell to eat that many points. I had a good breakfast, good lunch, good dinner, and snacks while still ending up with a 13 point deficit for the day and a 10 point deficit yesterday because I decided to have a beer with a friend after we finished construction on the new gazebo out back!

It’s almost dinner time on Sunday and I have 21 points left. I’m pretty much of the mind that the only way I could get all the points eaten, or even start to use any of the “weekly points” would be just to eat like normal and I can’t see how that it going to help, especially since I feel satisfied and am amply hydrated. I know, I’m not a doctor but if I can’t wrap my head around it then it’s probably not going to work in the end. I’ve been eating well, smart foods, and getting some exercise (I don’t even count those points on Weight Watchers). Ok, WW fans, time to pile on…

As I flipped through the Parade magazine in the Saturday paper, in the Washington DC area they put the “typical” Sunday stuff (ads, Parade, etc) in the Saturday paper (do they do that anywhere else), I noticed that there were ads for Weight Watchers, Nutri-System, and Jenny Craig. Geez, did anyone not make a lose weight resolution this year? It also made me think about the economics of weight loss, which I think I’ll go into in another blog, someone remind me, and how much money is being made “helping” people lose weight. I suppose it’s much like other businesses whose business is based upon some negative aspects of life, mortuaries come quickly to mind…do you realize how expensive it is to die in this country? Holy schnikees! Ah, a favorite quote from one of my favorite movies, Tommy Boy, and favorite funny people, Chris Farley. As everyone knows Chris sadly was not able to overcome his own issues with weight, drugs, alcohol, etc. I suspect that most of the other issues were heavily fueled by his weight issues, another future blog topic, celebrities and weight issues. Again, someone remind me…

I was worried earlier about having enough topics to blog on without sounding like some kind of pundit. Apparently there are lots of things to talk about that I hadn’t even considered. I hope that you all will provide some great inputs and even participate in some of my blogs. I really don’t consider them “my” blogs, I think of them as “our” blogs because I certainly don’t feel like I’m alone in my thoughts and feelings.  Thank you everyone for your feedback after my first blog. It was good to have some positive feedback and affirmation that what I had been thinking and feeling for so long wasn’t just me.  I have to admit that I have a warped way of looking at things and have this innate ability to make things seem funny. Too often the response from people is “you are sooo crazy”. Most things really are funny, at least to me and those around me, but my wife doesn’t always see it that way! Ha ha! As I heard the mother of the class clown in college tell us when we said how “funny” he was, “he’s not nearly as funny when he belongs to you”. I guess it’s that whole reflection thing, huh? I can’t help it, it’s either the sarcastic streak in me or just the way I look at things but it’s just me.

Well, it’s that time. I’ve reached the end of blog #2. I’m feeling good, not hungry, and happy with my numbers to date. We’ll see how the rest of the week goes.

Until next time…

Starting Weight – 337

Weight Lost – 5 (not sure where that’s from but hey, I’ll take it)

New Weight – 332

Weight to Lose - 137