I’d mentioned in a previous post I want to get down to 200 lbs.  To make it happen, I have three strategies:

1. A sustainable exercise routine
2. Conscious control over what I eat
3. A written log of the journey

#1 is in the bag… I’ve committed myself to 30 minutes a day on the Wii Fit, and while it’s not the most rigorous workout ever, it’s better than nothing.  It’s challenging enough that I feel like I’m accomplishing something and not too challenging that I want to give up.  It’s sustainable and I don’t feel like a slug.  I’m sore and tired, but it’s a good tired.

As a side-note, commonly exercise it clears your head… not me.  I’m less focused than I was before.  Aside from the soreness, this has been the only downside.  On the plus-side, I do feel like I have more energy.

#2 involves a few things:

• Walking to Sunflower each day to get stuff to cook dinner that night (after Thanksgiving)
• Eating slower
• Choosing smaller portions, and
• Drinking more water

#3 is this blog and possibly a food journal.

I’m not sure what a food journal will look like yet.  It takes a lot of time to write down every meal and it adds a lot of guilt to something that should be pleasurable.  Keeping a food journal is like counting condoms before you have sex; probably not what you should be focusing on in that moment.

The reason I stopped going to Weight Watchers a few years back was simple: there was a poster on the wall that said, “Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.”

For me, thin seems like the wrong word.  Healthy is the right message.  Nothing tastes as good as being healthy feels.  So I’m keeping that in mind.