Diet Blog: Day One (Again)
I might have done a lot of rebuilding on the blog and its database, but, speaking personally, I really let myself go. My diet went off the rails and I didn’t even seem to care. I only just today weighed myself—probably for the first time this year—and I’m embarrassed to say I’ve gained thirteen pounds since last time, coming in at 219.
At the start of the year we were having our workplace completely renovated and I found it was easier to grab some fast food on the way to work rather than try to eat my low-carb meals amid so much activity. This continued as my habit even after the renovations were done, since, as we know, fried foods are so dang tasty. I gave up fast food for Lent, but I had gotten so used to eating in the car that I replaced fast food with party store snacks. I eagerly returned to fast food after Lent, but at least tried limiting it to only Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. I finally admitted, just this week, that this was a halfassed way to diet and, without necessarily planning to, I gave up fast food again—along with limiting my snack intake while at work. I saw promising results soon after (and am loath to think how much I weighed last week), but it pains me to think I’ve got to pretty much start all over again. And that I can’t have any more Popcorn Chicken!
Since I’ve been overeating, why not pig out on multiple topics? I just read that the Motion Picture Academy has nixed the idea of a special Oscar for stunt work. I’d never thought about it but a Stunts Oscar sounds like a pretty good idea. I mean, why not. Stuntpeople play an important part in many movies and their work can be more memorable than make-up or editing for the average viewer. But Academy director Frank Pierson cites how the Academy is trying to lessen the number of awards, because I guess ABC’s telecast of the awards (on March 5 2006 by the way) is more important than the awards themselves. ...Um, Mr Pierson? Ever heard of the Technical Awards?
I see someone was referred to my site via a search for images of Detroit buildings. I don’t normally fulfill such requests (especially as most requests for “fat guy” images are too disturbing) but it just so happens I have such an image, courtesy of the currently flaky SEI boards. So, let’s proceed on our tour of Detroit…
