I can’t believe it has been more than a month since I posted anything on this site. I knew I was slowing down, but I never thought it would get this bad.

I can see that neglecting the blog isn’t helping me stay on track with my weight loss either. Since my last post I’ve gained 5.2 pounds. What makes that even more sad is that in my last post I wrote about wanting to lose 10 pounds in 8 weeks. Well, it’s been almost 6 weeks and I’ve gained 5 pounds so I think I can throw that goal out the window. Apparently those were just words anyway since I put no effort into actually losing weight.

Enough with the sad story though, seeing the scale this morning woke me up (I hope for good). I went back to tracking my diet and exercise on Fit Day and I spent 30 minutes on the treadmill, of which 9 minutes were spent jogging (5 minutes straight and 4 minutes straight with walking in between). The crazy thing is, that is probably the most I have jogged in years. I can’t recall jogging for more than 5 minutes in one treadmill session since starting this blog. It’s a great start, but I have a long way to go.

I realize now that I really need to track my diet and exercise on a weekly basis if I want to make any progress. I have been able to put my finances on cruise control a little bit and still make solid progress, but that is not the case at all with my weight loss. I can do well for a little while, but it doesn’t take long for me to fall back into bad habits. Given my recent posting schedule, I’m afraid to say it, but expect to see more regular updates from me again.

*Note about this weight loss chart. When I started this blog I weighed 266 pounds and I was only tracking my pounds lost each week. On November 28, 2007 I started using a new scale that tracks body fat and more (the numbers you see above). I report the figures from that scale in these weekly posts and I still track my total pounds lost in the Weight Loss Goals section in the sidebar on my site.