Really busy - so here are the numbers.
No commentary this time.

Well it’s the end of week three, and again I have made a little progress.

This was a hard week.
I traveled a lot for business and ended up eating poorly.
For about two and half days the only times I had to eat were before the next plane boarded.
So fast food was in the equation this week.

But although I was eating poorly - I wasn’t eating much.

Here are the numbers.

Week 3
What	Now	This Week	Total Change	Notes
Weight:	170	-3	-11	I’ll take it…
Waist:	38.5	+0.5	-2.5	WTF????…
% Body Fat:	28.33	-0.045	-4.955	larger waist - lower weight = more gelatinous person

Well it’s the end of week two, and I have made a little progress.
Not as much as week one, but I didn’t follow the plan as strictly this week so ANY progress is good.

I was a little worried I’d lose nothing - or worse gain.
Here are the numbers.

Another week with zero exercise, but this time also some mild cheating.

Ok so it’s Monday.
Today for breakfast I had two VERY TINY pieces of pumpkin bread.
I couldn’t bring myself to eat the fruit that accompanied it.

And for lunch I had two stuffed pasta shells.
I couldn’t bring myself to eat the cauliflower salad that came with it.

So I figured I had MAYBE 400 calories.
And I think that’s way overboard.

Being hungry though was the result.
And I’ve been craving a cookie for days.
a REAL cookie.

And so…
This afternoon I went to Au Bon Pain and got a chocolate chip cookie.

According to their website the chocolate chip cookie is 260 calories.
OMG!

So…
400 + 260 = 660 which leaves me 540 for dinner tonight.
Doable.

I hope my little divergence doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass.
We’ll see come Friday.

Well it’s the end of week one, and I have made a little progress.
I was helped a bit by being sick I think.

I actually had to MAKE myself eat this week as my appetite just wasn’t there.
(still not exactly normal either)

But anyway here are the numbers.

For a week with zero exercise I’ll take it.

So as I struggle on through the new health initiative I thought I’d share with you some of the break through realizations that made come to terms with my situation.

And the need to change it.

10)   Found myself on the couch watching “America’s Biggest Loser” with a bag of Cheese puffs.

9)   Caught myself flipping myself off as I walked past a mirror.

8 )   Photos of my prior self indicate I was pretty happy then.

7)   I have one pair of pants that don’t act as a tourniquet.

6)   Ethan’s first words may be something like “why does DADDY get more cookies then?”

5)   My wife recently handed me a picture and said “I was trying to figure out who I was with.. I didn’t even recognize you!”

4)   …Nether did I

3)   There are people on America’s Biggest Loser now that weigh less than me.

2)   There are people on America’s Biggest Loser now that wear smaller jeans than me.

1)   When I started and measured my girth… I matched my pregnant wife.

And now the post I’ve been dreading.
The inaugural weigh-in.
(I did this Thursday night - Friday Morning will be the official time from now on)

First let me say that I will be doing these from Jupiter where gravity is about 2.5 times greater.

Also it seems that the magnetic field of Jupiter adversely affects muscle tissue, making it far less dense. As such muscle mass now shows up in the “% Body Fat column”.

(and not to be to picky about things here but the bio suit I’m forced to wear here is quite bulky and likely adding a large number to the total)

Ok…

Starting Point:

(I’ll be using the display format Dave used as I think it works well)

ugh…
That was painful.

Ok folks time for a quick update on the-diet!

First you should know that the start date is this Friday.
One of the key steps I’ve taken is to sign up for a food program.
I pick up the food thursday evening so Friday is the start date.

First Weigh-in will be Thursday.
I will weigh-in for the first time Thursday evening, and try to keep Thursday’s as my weigh in day.

The Food.
I’m familiar with programs like “Nutrisystem” and while effective… not my bag.
It works because the food is pre-portioned and all thinking is removed.
But… it doesn’t feel very sustainable.
Who’s gonna keep eating boxed microwave dinners… forever?

To that end I found a similar solution called “Seattle Sutton”.
The main difference is that the food is FRESH.
Cooked locally by a human being and then I pick it up.

Fresh fruits and vegetables.
All made up for a few days at a time.

It’s like having a personal chef and nutritionist.
At least that’s what I’m telling myself.

So I’m just going to pretend I’m rich and famous and eat the meals my staff has prepared for me.

You an expect a fair review as I get going.
(that’s another thing I like… no contract. Just week by week ordering)

The Work-Out.
More on this later.
Still fleshing this part out.
But I’m no longer going to make the mistake of waiting until EVERYTHING is ironed out to start eating right.

Stay tuned…

Recently Dave started an effort to be more healthy.
He’s elected to use a free-form, but suitably geeky, methodology known in the Blog-o-sphere as “The Diet”.

It works like this:

• Participants are free to do whatever they decide appropriate to get in shape.
• Participants are expected however to make regular (usually weekly) blog posts on their progression.
• Participants are also expected to tag the posts appropriately so that other participants (probably through technorati) can follow along.
• Participants also post any photos related to their efforts to a specific Flickr pool.

It is the brain child of Colin Devroe.

While I personally remain unconvinced that making such a public spectacle would actually hold me accountable…
I AM convinced that not doing so has PROVED itself ineffective.

So to that end…
I’m announcing my entry into the spectacle.

I will not be posting photos.
That level of public humiliation can serve no good.
However I will be posting and tagging as per the guidelines outlined above.

I’m not sure DougMeade.com has any readers left…
But for the sake of any who wander in here - my official start date will be Feb. 29th, 2007.
Until then I will be getting the proverbial ducks in a row.

If you read this - please feel free to check in and call me out if it appears I’m slacking.

In the coming days I will post more detailed information about my personal plan to become less spherical.