Fat Bastard Update: Day 9

Well, after 3 consecutive days at 154.0, this morning I weighed in at 153.4.
And then came the cake. Cursed cake.
To be honest, the three straight days with no measurable loss forced me to ask: how is eating more cheese supposed to make me lose weight? Not to mention that our grocery bill skyrocketed from all the cheese and Boca products.
So I lasted 9 days and lost about 3 1/2 lbs. Whoopie.
The good news is, maybe now I'll stop writing about it.

Fat Bastard: Day 5

153.8 this morning, so that's about 3 lbs in 4 days - not too shabby. Although I am starting to feel like a news media outlet flogging the same dead horse of a story. Perhaps I'll make a logo and a little theme song...
In other news, I got a birthday present today. I got a 20 piece router bit set! It is actually what I wanted, so I am genuinely excited.
Okay, I've got just enough time to walk the dog before 'Hell's Kitchen' - my summertime guilty pleasure.

Fat Bastard Update: Day 4

I realize that it's prestty pathetic that I come back here and report my weight daily (154.4 this morning!), however, if that helps me stick to this dietary change, then I will continue to do it. And if you don't like it, well, you can go screw.
That said, on to more pressing matters. We never made it to 'War of the Worlds' yesterday, as we spent all of our movie money at a yard sale. There was a HUGE yard sale that was put on by the Augusta Humane Society (so it was for a good cause, too - bonus!). First, we saw the singer sewing machine & table - FOR TEN DOLLARS! Then, we saw the rocking chair - FOR TEN DOLLARS! We almost wet ourselves we were so giddy.
I have no idea if the sewing machine works. Generally, as a rule, I try to avoid plugging in antiques that I just bought at a yard sale, but I'm sure I'll get up my nerve sooner or later. I discovered that our machine was manufactured in 1956 somewhere in New Jersey. It's in a sewing table that will look nice once it's refinished.
The rocking chair is pretty nice, too. It's comfy, and it's pretty sturdy. If I can find the damn cable for the digital camera, I'll put pictures up.
Lastly, our garden is well. We are starting to get tomatoes and green peppers and green beans. We also have broccoli (courtesy of our sister-in-law, Shel), gourds, and pumpkins. Lea also bought a shrub rose today, so we've put that in the ground.
I guess that's about all. I'm sure I could go off on some tirade or another, but I won't.

Fat Bastard Update: Day 3

Well, I'm at the start of day 3. Yesterday, I weighed in at 155.0, and today I weighed in at 155.0. That might have something to do with the fact that the only exercise I got yesterday was a few minutes of ping pong.
(begin brief tangent)
A few weeks ago, Lea & I have driven down to massive, mutli-family yard sale in Harpswell. We got some pretty good stuff there, but then, on our way home, we hit another little yard sale. And they were seeling their ping pong table for FIVE DOLLARS. So far, that's the find of the year.
(end brief tangent)
Okay, so I guess the important thing is that I'm still a fat bastard. But I'm a little less fat than I was a couple of days ago.
I have to admit, I miss fruit. Oh, and bread. And pasta. And chocolate (although I am allowed sugar-free fudgesicles). All in all, it's not too bad.
On a completely unrelated note, we're going to see 'War of the Worlds' this afternoon. I'll let you know how it is.

The Fat Bastard Challenge

Sorry it's been a while since I've updated... I'm finding that the downside
of buying a 134-year-old fixer upper is that you have to actually FIX it (or
worse yet, pay somebody else to fix it). It's funny that the nicer the
weather gets, the less that gets done on the house. But, goodness, what
adventures we've had! More on that later...
The important thing here is that I have become a fat bastard. And I want to
be a skinny bastard. I have always been an advocate of eating right &
exercise to keep in shape. Unfortunately, that tends to not work as well
when you hit you mid 30's. So now, I have decided to enlist a little help.
I'm trying the South Beach Diet.
Today was day 1. Okay, yesterday was supposed to be day one, but one of my
co-workers brought in a cake, so day 1 was ruined. So today is the real day
1. For the record, I started off weighing in at 156.2, but that was
pre-cake. Post-cake weigh-in was 156.6. And I know that I'm not supposed to
weigh in every day, but you know what? I'm compulsive.
So let the great experiment begin: can I live off nothing more than salads,
beans, cheese and imitation meat for two whole weeks without caving?
Place your bets.