Back In The Saddle Again

I must say, it’s been almost two months since I fell off the wagon of my regular routine diet-wise and contributing to this blog. Not that I necessarily had more weight to lose, although a few more pounds would have been nice. But for the most part I was in maintenance mode since reaching the magic number of 50 pounds lost at the beginning of last summer. After a few weeks in Germany and Austria last July, which is one way of saying that I imbibed slightly higher amounts of meat and beer than normal, I managed to gain only a few pounds. However in the last three months, I managed to fall off the wagon and not visit the gym very often and allowed myself somewhat higher amounts of caloric intake that I normally allowed.

But NO MORE! Now that the holiday is close to passing, I plan on repeating my successful new year’s resolution from last year of shaving off some body fat. Last year I succeeded in losing 50 pounds, and I think it’s fair to say that losing 10 pounds should be a somewhat easier task than what I managed last year. Going to the gym today and working up a good sweat and 15 laps at the pool was a good feeling. Now that the Christmas meals are past, for the most part, it’s time to return to my 1,200 calories per day until I reach my 10 goal. Last year during my diet, I managed to lose about 9 pounds a month maintaining the 1,200 daily calorie limit. I know how it feels to lose the weight and need to force myself to get back on track as I was before, but after a hiatus of a few months, starting up a diet is like revving up the starter engine of an old 1920’s biplane that hasn’t flown in a long while. Just need to spin that propeller a few times!