dieting

Hard to believe it’s Friday again already. This week was pretty static in terms of the whole weight loss goal. Not that I wasn’t following my plan. I did that almost perfectly. The one exception I made was yesterday. For Denisa’s birthday I had a small slice of pie instead of my evening shake. I think that one “cheat” was actually less calories than I usually eat, though. (It’s a big shake.) Other than that, I didn’t eat anything different the whole week. (Same meals every day.) Honestly. it’s hardest when Denisa makes dinner and I’m here to be around

Look. When you’ve been blogging every weekday for as long as I have, you’re forced to face certain realities about yourself. One such reality is that I have a hard time sticking to a long-term healthy approach to eating. True, some of this is complicated by the whole pandemic thing that’s been going on, along with all the trappings 2020 brought with it. I eat more when I’m stressed, and I’m sure I’m not the only one to fall into that category. It’s also true that while my weight isn’t where I’d like it to be now, a good chunk

We’re on the other side of another holiday season, and it helps me to check in with you lovely people periodically to tell you how I’m doing in my Quest to Not Get Fat. (Not sure how else to phrase it, so I just keep it simple.) When I last checked in, it was to let you know my plan of switching to a system where I eat the same thing every single day. Some of you thought I was a bit crazy for doing it, and my wife certainly shared the concern. How did it go? Well, over the

Everybody seems to be following different diet plans. There’s the all meat diet. The gluten free diet. The keto diet. Paleo diet. I can’t keep track of them all. I’ve always stuck with the calorie counting diet in the past. It’s been reliable for me, and I’ve always been able to lose weight before. (Why am I writing about diets, you might ask? Europe and my birthday and MLA Annual Conference have put me 10 pounds over my “line in the sand” where I’m supposed to start seriously dieting, that’s why.) The one problem with the calorie counting diet is