Well, Halloween came and went, with all its sugary, high-fructose goodness, followed closely by Thanskgiving, then Christmas, and finally, New Years.
Suffice it to say, I've eaten enough food in the past three months to last me the year... I'm ready to hibernate for the winter and get rid of the extra 7 pounds I've gained back. I can feel it in my clothes and see it in my face. Yep, I've gained weight. Of course, I'm still substantially lighter on my feet than I was when Jackie and I first started this culinary adventure, but I'd like to continue the progress, not start sliding backward.
So, I've made a commitment to go back on the rice, beans, and corn diet for the next 10 to 14 days. Why the range, you might ask. Because I'm shooting for 14, but I'm not entirely confident I'll make it that long!
I'll be exercising more, that's for sure. No, I haven't joined a gym (heaven forbid), or taken up palates, jogging, kickboxing or any of that torture. I did, however, find an old Richard Simmons VHS "Dance Your Pants Off" tape at a thrift store for 39 cents.... and got an extra 10% off that because it was sale day. Yes, I still own a VCR. I'm clinging to it like a shipwrecked survivor clinging to a tiny piece of floating wreckage. It doesn't hold me hostage with DVD ads, and no VHS tape has ever been "incompatible" with it. I don't have to go through the menu from hell to "burn" something to it (I just hit record), and there are still tons of old movies and shows on VHS that haven't made their way to DVD.
But I digress.
I believe I was talking about exercise. I received a Wii this holiday season, and I promptly went out and bought a Wii Fit Plus. So far, I've gotten to level 3 of the obstacle course and FINALLY made it all the way to the boat by flapping my wings (I realize this means nothing to anyone who doesn't have a Wii Fit Plus... but too bad!)
When I first started it up, brand-spanking-new out of the box, I had to go through the body test and profile set up. It took my stats and put me through a body balance test...and then promptly declared, on my wide, high-definition, plasma screen that I am "OBESE" (with sound effects for added effect). It even puffed out my little mii (avatar) on screen to add insult to injury.
I'm returning the damn thing.
Kidding!!! I'll keep it, but Nintendo... if you're listening...how about a little less truthfulness in your next version? Why don't you replace obese with "height challenged." After all, if I were six feet, three inches, I'd be just perfect. Or, how about "evolutionarily advantaged." With my metabolism, I'll outlast 90% of the population if there's ever a famine.
Unfortunately, I don't think there's going to BE a famine within my lifetime, so at the moment, I'm just "obese." I like calorie-count.com better. They say I'm only overweight, not obese.
Anyway, I'm back...blogging... and I'm determined to lose another 20 lbs this round. Today was my first day on the rice and beans diet. I did fairly good, but as things turned out, I didn't get to eat a thing all day until dinner, when I was finally able to get home from work and microwave my cup of rice and beans. I even unwrapped a little corn on the cob I had left over and finished that off. I'm still dying of hunger, but I'll manage. No pain, no gain. No hunger, no loss. Right?
No comments:
Post a Comment