I am officially less fat

Starting Weight (Jan 1): 246 lbs

Current Weight (Feb 11): 244 lbs

I am happy to announce that I have lost TWO pounds! For those of you who think that two pounds is not a big deal, think of this:

The number TWO is HUGE. For example:

1. The Big Mac has TWO patties

2. The Oreo has TWO sides

3. The Grand Slam breakfast at Denny's includes TWO eggs and TWO sausage links

You get the idea. I am hungry. To lose those two pounds, I have applied basic logic that has worked over centuries of weight fluctuation: burn more calories than I take in. So, I have upped my calorie expense by doing the following as my work-out routine:

1. Walk 30 minutes on Treadmill

2. Bench press

3. Military press

4. Dips

5. Lat pull-downs

6. Curls

The problem is, that I've only done that three times in the past two weeks. Not exactly what you'd call consistent. So I have stopped eating as much as I used to. That hurts. I am used to munching throughout the day. For the first time in my life I have uttered these words to my wife the other day:

"I am ready to try rice cakes."

No real man ever says this. In the dawn of time when the cave man went out and slaughtered his meals, he never paused during eating the charred carcass of whatever and grunted to his buddy "Hey Neal, I'm thinking rice cakes would be better for my heart, not to mention my wasteline." I dunno...I could be wrong about that but it doesn't seem right.

Yum.

The other thing I'm trying to do is to cut down on so much diet soda. Man, I have been spending so much money on Diet Pepsi over the years that you'd think I would have stacks of Pepsi stock options in addition to my caramel stained liver. But I recently read a startling report that diet colas can actually INCREASE belly fat due to several reasons. I have a hard time believing that, but I do recognize that I'm less likely to have a snack when I don't have any decent fizzy beverage with which to wash it down. What am I supposed to do? Eat chips in front of the TV with milk? I know, I know - water is the answer. Water has always been the answer. I'm just not there yet where water is a beverage of pleasure rather than something I drink when there's nothing else to drink.

Anyway, I'm super excited I'm less fat now. I think.