When I decided to post my diet plans to the Facebook, I knew it meant that one or two people might decide to care about my loosing weight. If for no other reason than to bet on the chances of my failure (as my wife is likely to do), the public announcement of the action provides a go bell that cannot be unrung. So, here we sit on day two of the diet and I have thought about sugar almost ceaselessly. I realize that sugars are a good part of the reason I’ve hovered around 216 lbs for the past few years. I also realize that 216 is at least 20 lbs from where I want to be.
I told the web 190, and I set the over-under at 198.
Getting near my ideal weight is going to require me to increase the amount of water and vegetables I consume while severely curtailing the sweets. Maybe I’ll grow to like it. Perhaps we really are what we eat (which would have made me junk food over the past decade) and the change in diet will fuel a shift in attitude which will allow me to be happier in my life and more productive in the many avenues upon which I am invested (however, the number of points of investment do point to a reason why productivity has dropped).
How do I do this? I bought a box of Grape Nuts. Call it a replacement for Wendy’s and a way to keep the sweet in my life. I am addicted to sweet taste, so I do need to find healthier ways to include that taste. Likewise, I need to find creative avenues of exercise. Though I have a gym membership, the gym is basically useless to me. I don’t want or effort to use it. Maybe if there comes a day where I am home alone for a week I will go three times. The life schedule I have does not allow for it as of yet.
The good news in all of this is that I started down this path publically. That means I am committed to taking it as far as I can.