That being said, it is nice to hear the phrase, ‘You’re lost weight!’ from people other than ones self (I was recently looking at this picture of myself, and I thought, ‘Ye gods, I have lost a lot of weight!’). Today, after lunching, I made my usual afternoon Wawa trip.

Oh, how I love Wawa. Their sandwiches are tasty, the stores are usually well kept, and they even offer a number of mildly healthy snacks for someone trying to get fit (I also enjoy their chocolate chip muffins, but at 678 calories, not something I often eat anymore). So I was in Wawa purchasing some almonds and a Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, which is pretty usual for my afternoon snack, when something very nice happened. I was paying for my crap, and the lady behind the register, who I have been chatting with pretty regularly for the last few years, said, ‘You’re lost a lot of weight, haven’t you?’

Sure, it is a little vain, but that really made my day. Kudos to you, Wawa lady!

I’m on the South Beach Diet, which isn’t all that bad. It isn’t bad at all, in fact. Plenty of food to eat, the only problem is that it takes awhile to get all the ingredients and prep the food. When I was shoving any old foodstuff into my mouth it didn’t take long for me to get my food prepared. I just went to a store or restaurant and got something. No muss, no fuss. Now there is both muss and fuss, but I suppose if it helps me not die it is worth it.

Goal

I want to get rid of 80 pounds in 8 months. Some people tell me that 1 – 2 pounds a week is a more manageable goal (that would be about 64 pounds in 8 months) but I say nuts to that. I’m going to work my butt off (literally! Ha! Get it?) to attain my goal (and then I’ll be all sexxy and stuff and the ladies will be interested in me, but I won’t be interested in them since they obviously just want to use me for my smokin bod. Where were you when I was 80 pounds heavier?! Huh?!).

The Plan

Now that I have a goal how do I get there? And why the hell do I need a blog to help me?

I’ll be posting the following things on this blog:

• Once a week I’ll post my weight
• Every day I will post what I ate that day (exciting, huh?)
• At some interval I will post pictures to gauge progress
• I’ll whine a lot about exercising

Lifestyle changes

Clearly, I can’t get rid of the pounds if I don’t change the way I live my life (forever). Effective immediately I will be taking the following steps:

• Today I had my last sip of sweet, sweet Pepsi for awhile
• Eating after 9pm is no longer allowed, I’ll drink some water instead
• I will walk home from work at least 2 times a week, and break a sweat doing so
• I’ll soon be joining a gym and, like, working out

Will all of this transform my keg into a six pack? Nope, but it will make it into a mini-keg and besides, the ladies like guys with a little meat on their bones, right? Right?! Someone please agree with me!

Oh, and I probably won’t die of a heart attack if I do all this crap (hopefully).