Diary of a Fat Man Month 1

OK, it's been almost two months since I started this monthly journey. So far I'm down a whopping 3 pounds. Yay me! I actually went walking once. My son decided to go with me. He was even nice enough to slow down and wait on me. You don't find many 5 year olds that understanding. I also had the pleasure of a gout attack. See my article "What is Gout?"

I wish I could give a good reason for my lack of activity, but there is none. I've been working some, but that doesn't take all my time. I have my kids a lot, but there is still time to exercise. I've watched some good movies, but that doesn't seem to do much for the cardio. I've tried to cut down on the junk food. That seems to be a good place to start. To avoid the junk food all you have to do is not buy it. Problem solved. I've got some exercises planned for the next month. Unfortunately, Thanksgiving and Christmas fall into this time period. Is that bad luck, or bad timing. Of course this cold weather isn't helping anything. Anyone want to risk frostbite while walking around the block?

I'm going to try to limit my Thanksgiving dinner. I figure if I can still see some of the plate while I have my meal on it, I'll be doing good. No seconds is the next part of my plan. I'll limit dessert to one pie (I mean slice of pie:)) I realize this will take some willpower. The up side of this is leftover turkey. My favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is the leftover turkey sandwiches.

Christmas is another story. That danged Santa keeps leaving candy in my stocking. I can't be rude and not eat it. Of course, I could just eat a little bit each day. Or maybe he'll just have to leave me some fruit. Oranges would be good. Of course, a couple of candy bars wouldn't hurt anything.

Uh oh. New Years comes right after that. I guess I'll have to snack on carrot sticks and celery stalks. Nope, that ain't happenin'. I'll just have to make it my New Year's resolution.

It isn't easy getting motivated. I thought that if I knew I was going to have to tell the world of my success/failure I'd try a little harder. So far that isn't the case. I could lie about it, but I was raised better than that. I think I'm going to start my exercising right now. I'll walk out to the mail box and get the mail.