So the temptation gods were out to get me today.

But, I got news for the temptation gods: I am just too fucking strong.

So it was that my boss decided today would be pizza day. Yeah! Everyone loves pizza. More importantly, I love pizza. I would bathe in pizza if I could. I would install a pizza oven in my bedroom and pay an Italian man to have a pie ready to go when I woke up if I could. I would do a lot of things with pizza if I could, but today I wouldn’t eat it.

For an entire hour-long meeting, two pizzas (one with pepperoni and sausage and one with everything), sat in front of me while my three co-workers stuffed their faces and made fun of me for not eating (we’re all adults, but we’re also sports writers, meaning we aren’t exactly mature). They tried their best to seduce me with their pizza. But, of course, I was too strong.

“I’ve got momentum going,” I said.

They made fun of me for saying that.

Well fuck ‘em. I didn’t eat any of that. Why? Because I’ve got momentum going and because I am what experts call “in the zone.”

Later on I found myself driving on a road I rarely frequent, looking for a highway entrance ramp I rarely use. So I overshot that ramp, and had to pull into the next parking lot to turn around. Well, once I got into that parking lot, I realized I was directly in front of In-N-Out Burger, the greatest fast food franchise known to man.

It would have been easy to stop in for a second and have a few burgers. Would have been delicious. Would have made my damn day. But I didn’t. Why? ‘Cause I am in the zone right now.

I don’t know if I am officially in the zone. But my focus is surely back. I’ve woken up the last two days and gone to the gym, I’ve upped my water intake to about 2.5 liters per day, and I’ve been around 1,500 calories each day this week.

Furthermore, I’ve got my friend Chris independently texting me each morning telling me to get my ass to the gym, and I’ve decided that I am going to lose at least 10 pounds before I go home in two weeks.

I’ve also found a new favorite dish to enjoy, the Eggbeater omelet with mushrooms, diced ham, onions and two slices of wheat toast. I had it for dinner when I got home from work on Tuesday.

I don’t know how this will all play out in the short term, but I know for certain that I am getting down to 240 in the end. I also know that the only thing I can do in the next two weeks is put my head down and go full steam ahead. Taking 10 pounds off, getting to the gym, never losing sight of the overall goal.