Back at it!

Hello world,

Sorry that I have been MIA for the past few months.  I haven't been able to post anything since before The Oscars, but I'm back and I promise to do this more regularly.  A big reason for the absence from the blog has been the start of my new job.  I started at Studio 11 Pittsburgh as an Editor/Producer about three months ago.  I am having the time of my life with this job.  It's really rewarding to have a job after such a long time off.  The job, along with my rapidly growing (and adorable!) son, has left me with no time to blog about my journey to fit into a pair of skinny jeans.  It also has left me with virtually no time to work out.

So now that I'm back, how is that goal coming along?  Unfortunately, not very well.  I have fallen back into my old (bad) eating habits.  I ate anything and everything that came across my plate.  And, unfortunately, that plate was not loaded with fruits and veggies.  Add that to my lack of workout time, and you have a stalled effort.  I am happy to report that I have, basically, maintained my fatness instead of balooning into even fatter territory.  It's not like I haven't been trying my darndest to make a permanent living in Huskytown.  I'd hate to see what I would have to eat to get up to 300 pounds.  I have I have hovered for the past three months around the 250 pound mark, which was where I started.

So here I am... back at the starting line.  Ready to take the challenge again.  Those skinny jeans are out there, laughing at me while also wearing a Kangol hat and an Ed Hardy t-shirt.  I can hear them taunting me that I will never join their ridiculous, douchbag flavored party.  Damn it!  I know I can do this.  I have lost weight in the past.  How, you ask?  Nutrisystem!

I am here today to tell you that I am back on the System (it's what we in the weight loss game call Nutrisystem.... kidding!  I just made that up).  I have been on it for about three weeks and I have lost about 8 pounds so far.  I like it because I need to be on a system (a Nutri-system... Thank  you, I'll be here all night.  Try the veal).  I have realized that I can't do the Paleo diet or others like it.  I lack the will power.  I need someone to tell me, "here's what you will eat today and here's when you will eat it."  The last time I was on it, I lost 30+ pounds for my wedding, and it took me about a year to lose all of the weight.  It will probably take me that amount of time and then some since I have a limited time to workout.  Hopefully when spring (finally) arrives, I will have the opportunity to get out and go for runs and hikes with my family.  Pittsburgh is loaded with hills and trails to explore.  To get the workout ball rolling, I signed up for another 5k in about a month (You can read about it and sign up here), and I hope to have another video for the blog from that.

The biggest challenge I will have will be how do I ever go off this program without ballooning up to my current weight?  I'll have to cross that path when I get to it.  In the meantime, I'm back with a vengeance.

Wish me luck!