Day 383 — Lose weight, get a hobby.

July 5, 2007

Today is day 383 of the diet. I don’t know my weight.

Something tells me my net loss is now slightly under the 100-pound mark after a week of feeling empowered, then bored, then sorry for myself.

I have a lot more I’m-doing-so-well-that-I-deserve-a-break and Someone-was-mean-to-me-today-so-I-deserve-an-ice-cream days than I should.

Where I stand is:

I haven’t followed my eating plan for an entire day since last Thursday.

I’ve exercised once in the last week, but gave up after 20 minutes.

My back and lower abdomen are still in, basically, constant pain, and I’ve been to the doctor twice in the last three weeks desperate to feel better.

I eat because I’m bored, happy, sad. All the wrong reasons. Still. And a lot.

Today I will keep busy. I have plenty to do (that I generally ignore.)

I have a garden that needs tending to, a room that needs cleaning, one of four aquariums that invariably could use maintenance on any day of the week, a new Geneen Roth book to soak up, movies on demand if need be…

And, you know, 60 more pounds to lose.

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