Don't anger the weightloss god's

Good Monday Morning.

I told you there would be some embarrassing pictures on this blog and this is the worst. This picture was taken of me and very attractive wife at Antonio's restaurant on Hilton Head on Feb. 21, 2009 on our 39th wedding anniversary. I didn't see it until a few days later, but when I did I couldn't believe it was belly my wife was holding on to. I weighed 199 at the time and made a decision that day that I would never look like that again.

One full week and I bet you thought it would just be a smooth and steady downward slide watching the scale numbers go down each day. Well, welcome to the real world - it doesn't usually happen that way. On Friday I was moaning about only losing .2 lbs. Well the weightloss gods got back at me (with much help from me) because today - on Day 8 - I weighed in at 190.6, up .2 from Friday.

Of course, if I'd stayed on the program path over the weekend things might have been a little different. I thought I'd experiment a little so I could report back to you with many interesting new menu ideas to keep the weight just dropping off.

So I tried someone's idea (David) of adding red wine to the program - this was Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I guess you meant just one glass a day. Red wine is now officially off my program.

I also thought that getting away from my great tasting Attain shakes for breakfast would be a change of pace, so I switched to two egss over easy with bacon and sausage on Saturday, and ham on Sunday. I guess I shouldn't have been so friendly to the server Saturday morning because they loaded my plate with bacon, which as we all know must be eaten hot. By the way, that brown bread they serve at Outback Steakhouse (Sunday night) probably doesn't fit the plan either.

The best news about losing weight is that no matter what happened yesterday, today is a new day to refocus and move forward. I've had my shake and vitamins and am ready for a great day.

Tomorrow, after my brief workout, I'll be adding some comments on some common-sense exercise that anyone can add to their program to make a positive difference. Exercise is a crucial part of any weight loss program and the place that most fail because the exercise component is too hard or takes too much time. Not here!

Please don't forget to comment and share your ideas by clicking on the comment button below and I'll talk with you tomorrow. If you'd like to talk directly, just call me at 330-858-1906.

Have a terrific day,

Bill Ehmann