Resolution #4: Update - Losing Some Traction

Prior to getting married, I learned how to make some, how should I say it? Dietary adjustments. At least once every couple of weeks, my dinner plans amounted to calling one of the local nuclear waste dumps diners to order a full slab of bbq'd ribs splattered on a bevy of french fries. It would come to my home, delivered of course, because walking into the actual restaurant takes energy. I would plant myself in front of the TV and consume in 15 minutes what it take the average human 2.3 days to accomplish. Needless to say, this is not very good for your waistline or your esophagus. I think the term is "extreme duress."

Well, with the combination of a change in eating habits (rather than dieting) and the quad-exploding P90X DVD series, I was able to slough off 25 lbs and pretty much keep it off for the past year and-a-half. Granted, I know people who can drop 10 lbs just by thinking about it, but for most of us, it's a struggle. The consumption of smaller meals and healthier snacks and actually eating slower really helped, but it was cooking at home that made all the difference. I got to see what went into my meals rather than just cramming it all in without knowing that a carton of butter was deployed somewhere in the process. Well, my resolution to step up my fitness level this year has been sidelined by a very busy schedule. I'm still on my quest to 100 pushups, but that number still seems very far away. I'm trying to cook more, but our weekends have umpteen social obligations, so we spend a fair amount eating out. So, the button on my pants isn't gonna fly off and careen off someone's eye anytime soon, but I feel the ever-so-slight slippage on the discipline scale (get it, scale?). I've got to get back in the game. First it's, "I can eat this half a bag of potato chips. I'm still thin." And then, before you know it, it's "Is this door frame shrinking?" We all get in ruts now and then, but as long as we keep trying, it's a winning game.