[trooworld]

Gary, you have done so well on your journey. You are an inspiration to me. Good for you for taking 1/2 your pasta home...and I know you had bad intentions with that pizza, but it ended up okay but let's party anyway! Me, I am giving myself the mother of all pity parties, but I will kick everyone out of my party and get back to business soon...hopefully today.

[EZMONEY]

OH MY GOODNESS I haven't been here since the week before CHRISTmas....what kind of "host" of this PITY PARTY am I anyway? Don't answer that!

Here is the reason I am back to my PITY PARTY....although I am in denial and it really doesn't count because I am absolutely-positively sure that my scale is flat busted since it is a year old...I weighed in this morning at 173!...folks that is not a mis-print! I have not been as high as 173 since the last day of October!

I could blame it on...and I will of course BLAME anyone and anything I can because it is my PARTY!

Let's see...oh yeah...BLAME!

#1 ~My kidnapper son in law

#2 ~ I made awesome enchiladas for CHRISTmas Day and since my kids had so many places to be and Angie went up to her mom's with our knucklehead nephew for two days the day after CHRISTmas....I was left with a lot of leftovers! Not my fault!! It just is not right to waste good...and I mean good! food...especially my enchiladas!

#3 ~ See #1

#4 ~ That freakin' four letter word that gets me every single time...as we know...CHIPS!...ok so that is 5 letters...don't nag me over a lousy "S"...I am in pain here! We had chips galore for the partying that was going on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day...ruffled....layed....baked....corn....blue....dipped ~ nacho'd and fried!

#5 ~ Angie allowed me to have beer in the house...OK...truth...she didn't allow it...but I am getting darn good at hiding it!! Do you have any how many beers you can hide in a toilet tank? I didn't think so!

#6 ~ See # 1

#7 ~ My walking miles have slowed down a bit because of work. Again ~ NOT MY FAULT!...I am an old man...it is hard for me to walk after work! Especially when those new recliners Angie and I got each other for Christmas look so inviting!

#8 -10 ~See #1....that should be enough really.... !

Angie and I went to date night last friday. We went to California Pizza Kitchen, we got a 1/2 salad to split...each got our own little personal pizza and each brought home 1/2 for lunch on Saturday...in the old days I would have skipped the salad...veggies? on date night ? Are you kidding me!? I would also have had 0 leftovers in my doggie go home box. Boy have times changed

#11 ~Costco still sells me Tillamook

Angie and I have been able to get our STAR$$$$ walks in each week...I get my Venti...she gets her tea and scone and the mutts get their water latte. This burns off a few calories on the 3-4 mile trip...depending on if we go through bunny poop park or around it.

#12 ~Stores still sell me MGD's

I have been eating my healthy breakfast and lunches. I have been really watching my over-eating at dinner.....forget about the enchiladas...we established that is not my fault!

#13 ~ I have been having popcorn...no butter...big bowl...a couple of times a week for the last two weeks...after no snacking for several months....again...not my fault see #1

Well the BIG GAME of the year in the NFL is on...gotta go...

Help me in my PITY...plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[cakses]

Well here's a pity from me....after losing 3 pounds right before Christmas I am now UP 5. Why? Because I have no self control when there are M&ms and Reese's in the house. There is a reason I don't buy junk to keep in the house, and now I remember why! Blah. 2008 is going to be the year of re-focusing!

[trooworld]

Hey Gary, how are you doing now after the holidays have died down? It sounds like you got back on track after the holidays. That's good news.

I have been doing crappy since Christmas, but I'll get back on track...I always do. I gained about 5 lbs since Christmas. I guess that is about average in the non-dieting world...actually, I think I heard it was more something like 10 lbs between Nov and Jan...so I am actually doing better than the average bear! School is about to start soon and my schedule is going to be a little nutty, so hopefully I will survive it all and live to tell about it. I'll have to eat lunch at school 3 days a week, bringing my own food of course, but when I do that, I am always tempted to skip my food and get food from the food court or that lovely chili in the convenience store! I just need to make sure whatever I bring is more appealing than what I can buy. I will survive!

[EZMONEY]

WOW...haven't been to the party for a while!

Today is the final day of my first year of "journey of better choices"As I sit here waiting for Angie to get home from teacher training, so we can go out for dinner, I got to thinking about how frustrated I was after I had been on my journey for a whole week so I started my PITY PARTY!

I have lost 31 pounds....not so frustrated anymore

I just wanted to bring the PARTY back for one more encore

Still room for more PARTY N'

[just keep swimming]

Happy anniversary, Gary!!