Thursday, November 29, 2007

Day 13

My office building is blessed with a decent exercise facility (which I pay to use anyway), so I thought it might be a good idea to see what it looks like from the inside. I took my workout clothes to the change room and psyched myself up. When I went to enter the room, my access card wouldn't work. I checked with the administrator and she told me they had problems with card access....(wait for it)....back in March! BUSTED! She very quickly realized that I hadn't been in the facility for a while. Luckily she welcomed me back and was just happy I was making the effort.

The exercise facility also has a room for group classes. My friend and colleague, Caroline, is a certified yoga instructor (mmmmmm, yogurt!) and maybe some day I'll be ready to sit in on one of her classes (or should I say "lotus" in on one of her classes). For now, I'll stick to (hopefully not literally) the bikes, treadmill, elliptical, and the occasional Nautilus machine. Caroline books time in my calendar to catch up on my reading, so I take documents and other materials with me. It helps pass the time, gets work done, and removes another excuse for why I can't afford the time to work out. A word of advice..... If you plan to read a document while using the elliptical, print it out a few font sizes bigger. Those suckers are bouncy!

Day 13
Current Weight: 199
Weight Lost To Date: 7

Woohoo! I can now say I weigh "one hundred and something". I'm on the good side of 200, and plan to stay that way. When the 100 days is over, I plan to continue to check my weight on at least a monthly basis. I've vowed to NEVER come close to that 200 pounds again. Of course, plans are just an expression of desire, so we'll see how that plan holds up when put into action. Stay tuned...

Don

Day 10

Today is a big day! Day 10 means we're (...[calculating]...) 10% through the full 100 days (see, I told you that using 100 days would make the math easier). The weight's not pouring off, but I'm doing okay. We all know that the 'gods of weight loss' always smile on you in the beginning before ripping your heart out towards the end. We've still got a long way to go.

Day 10
Current Weight: 200
Weight Lost To Date: 6

We're just about to cross the magic 200 mark! Take a good look at that "2", because we hope to NEVER see it again (except at 192, 182, .... you know what I meant)!

Don