Yesterday: 278.0 lbs., burned 3027 calories, consumed 1504
Today:  275.4 lbs., Activity: Inspected my broken bicycle chain.

Yeah, so my bike chain is broken.  It’s not like I couldn’t have ridden the exercise bike.  Or done a cardio tape/cd.  Nope, didn’t do either of those things.  Instead, I took a nap.

I was tired.  I woke up a little while ago.  It’s 11:15 at night and at this point I can barely muster up the energy it takes to feel guilty about doing nothing.  So I’ll just do more nothing… and go to bed. 

I did this, from time to time, while I was still in the throes of quitting smoking.  It was easier to modify my behavior while unconscious.  If I was having a huge crave and was frustrated with the battle, I’d just nod out for a while and leave the battle behind me.  It’s rather hard to smoke while one is sleeping and I’ve discovered that it’s almost as hard to eat while in that condition.

I was pleased this morning to see that most of my unexplained weight gain had again disappeared.  It’s very strange when this happens but there is a definite pattern emerging.  Every time that I have a sudden dip in my weight, it is immediately followed by a spike that takes several days - or longer - to burn back off.  Don’t know what’s causing it, whether it’s the same factor each time, but at least I can come to expect it now and won’t let it stop me from moving forward.  It’s still weird, though.

I made chicken tacos again tonight.  I should probably get a little more inventive with the chicken since it looks like it’s going to be my main staple of protein for the rest of my life - but for right now, this works for me.  They were awesome, those tacos, and so totally did not feel like “diet food.”  I love my “eating plan” woohooo!!!!!