You Are What You Eat (And Sometimes You Feel That Way, Too)

Hello, Mr. & Mrs. America & all the ships at sea (to paraphrase the great & legendary columnist, Walter Winchell)--I only just realized this morning that I haven't blogged in days (mea culpa, mea culpa, apologies & regrets to any of you that actually care!! LOL)--just wanted to catch you all up on the past few days in general: busy, busy @ work; changes afoot (a major player leaving, & all the ramifications thereof); my dear wife has been burning the midnight oil (almost literally LAST nite; she got home, as Clapton would say "After Midnight"--much overtime this week); & last nite, while waiting & hoping that she was joining me @ a friend's BBQ locally (they had some out-of-state relatives of in), I kinda overdid it a bit with eating (at least as far as how & what I DON'T eat as much of these days); while I won't bore you with the details, & especially for the middle of the week (& because I got home much later than planned when the poor wifey was still stuck @ work with system problems/shut-downs, etc), I felt for the 1st time in a very long time that I ate out of frustration (missing my wife, her staying longer & longer @ work; they're still located in CT & not moving permamently to LIC, Queens until January--although I knew she'd hit less & less traffic the later she left, still concerned); I felt so bloated & so full (even though a mixed salad, orzo & corn-on-the-cob were served, probably having some more meats than I usually do now @ one sitting did me in), that I got home & did some exercises, drank a 20 oz bottle of water & lamented it being too late to walk or take the bike out (I only got home shortly BEFORE midnite, getting a ride home from a friend also in attendance when it was definite the wife was not making it); so glad this new nutrition program I'm starting will jump & kick-start my less-chubby-than-it-used-to-be ass into gear (and it was never the biggest part of my weight gains over the years to begin with)--I guess I was just disappointed with myself, is all; don't get me wrong, it's not like I haven't treated myself here & there over the last 9 months since I started with the changed diet, walking, exercise, etc. (everything in moderation, as they say), but I think this was (no pun intended; ok, maybe a little LOL) the real tipping point for me--I can't promise myself I won't ever feel frustrated during the upcoming 12-weeks of this new program (anytime you make changes, drastic or not, to your diet, physical make-up, etc. & then veer off the path, you want to get right back in line & move forward even stronger & more focused, especially if you're serious about those changes); it's time to put my money where my mouth is, not extra calories---until next time, friends :)