Day 100

22 pounds lost. I weighed in this morning at 203.

I have been on a diet for 100 days and it has been awesome! I am not following any kind of proscribed diet, just my own less fat, less sugar, a lot less calories, absolutely no treats diet.

My lunches have mostly consisted of a six-inch turkey sub on wheat, no cheese, no mayo, no oil and vinegar. A bag of Lays Baked Cheese and Sour Cream Ruffles.

I've been trying to walk for at least half-an-hour every day, but that's been admittedly spotty.

Dinners have been light. A lot of salads with green taco sauce for dressing. A ton of fish. If I had to have red meat, then 4% ground beef. Chicken of course, but not as much as I might have expected.

Snacks made up of either baked chips of some sort or fruit. I have lately been into pears with warm honey for dipping.

I "cheated" on the diet when I was in Hawaii and on Thanksgiving. Those were planned. Last week I had pizza when I watched a boxing match up with Bob. Other than that, nothing. Not one piece of chocolate. No burgers, no fries. Nothing fried for that matter. No nachos or corn chips.

I weighed myself every morning and several times throughout the evening and night. It has been a bit of an obsession. I kind of know exactly how much my cloths weigh. I mean, I know that I will be one pound heavier if I am wearing my flannel boxers, as opposed to my cottons. Unfortunately, we have perhaps the least consistent scale in the history of scales. Two pound fluctuations between weigh-ins, even those two hours apart, are not uncommon. Only the morning weigh-ins "officially" count.

It's over as of this afternoon. Fifty days off the diet...mostly just allowing myself the occasional dinner out with the wife, maybe a Sunday night pizza. Otherwise, still going with the baked snacks. I can't imagine consuming much chocolate, ice cream, or any desserts. The reward is just not enough to justify the penalty. Then 50 days back on. And so on. The goal is to be at 185 by next Christmas.

Thanks for those who have put up with way too much information about my diet. Sorry to those that had to listen to me complain about the fact that they did not provide diet-appropriate foods. Thanks especially to those that have bolstered the effort by praising my appearance; it really helped, even if I am still a fatty.