Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 85
Published March 31, 2006
Dan Nied's 100 Days is the chronicle of one man's quest to improve his health in 100 days. Feel free to email him at nieddan@yahoo.com with any questions or comments you might have.
What I ate today: Stuff that probably had about 2,300 calories. That included two trips to Subway and one foot-long double meat club. But no, there is no food diary today. Sorry.
Exercise: None.
All right, let me preface this by saying that I am generally in good spirits right now. I think that Wednesday was one of the best days I have had on this diet. I ate five times for just under 1,200 calories and I had a good workout.
However, I will say that my attitude kind of changed today. I know this seems to be kind of cyclical. I am sort of a manic-depressive when it comes to this weight-loss stuff. Yesterday I was Jack La-fucking-lane. Today I'm Della Reese. That's how it goes sometimes, I guess.
Anyway, right now I am not very enthusiastic about another day on this diet. Despite Wednesday's heroics, I feel like this has been a sub-par week and I am questioning how that could happen when I am so close to the 100 days. At the same time, I am growing more and more despondent with my job (That's scary because I am not the kind of guy who will bend over and take it. If I go off the deep end, I will stop doing it altogether and sabotage myself. Think I'm lying? Why do you think I spent all of 2003 unemployed?)
So I am wondering if the weight loss and the job go hand in hand. I am also wondering if they are totally unrelated and just happen to be the two biggest things in my life right now.
The thing is, I am happy I am losing weight. But having lost weight, I am really no happier than I was before. The fantasies I had of this summer are starting to turn into anxieties. What if I can't lose enough weight by the time I go home? That would be bad. What if I finally start having a good summer, then get another job (a goal by the end of August) and have to start all over in a new location? What happens if I ultimately fail at the weight loss?
- Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 85
- Published: March 31, 2006
- Type: Opinion
- Section: Tastes
- Filed Under: Tastes: Food and Drink, Culture: Society, Sci/Tech: Health/Fitness
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...you just lost 56 pounds. you write for a living. stop your bitching. put in some more time at work (they like it when you prove you can stick with a job), keep on losing the weight (don't you feel better after eating healthy than you do pooping out a pound of cheese and grease?), and expect these ups and downs (life sucks without them).