2/29/2012 LEAP DAY!

Weight: 291.6
Change: -1.6 lbs
Total Weight Lost: -30.6 lbs
Mood: Tired, but in a good way
Short Term Goal: 11.6 lbs to go by 3/17/12 (17 Days to go)
Long Term Goal: 51.4 lbs to go

Leap day...One of the most insignificant days of the year (unless your birthday happens to be today, in which case HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEAPERS!!) **Note it said LEAPERS not LEPERS, you weirdos**

So a couple things about today...

First, I had a feeling that I don't think I have ever experienced before I started this adventure.    Some may call it self-control, I call it being stingy with my calories.  Leap day is a day in which fast food restaurants have an excuse to be completely and totally evil.  McEvilClown's had 2 of their burgers "Buy one get one for 29 cents", and I was extremely tempted.  I decided I was going to take the high road and go eat at Subway....LO AND BEHOLD...Free cookie with every purchase.  Now people who know me..know that if there is something I love more than food...its a good deal.  Food + Free Stuff...I am totally there.  I grabbed a healthy sandwich, grabbed a cookie..and headed out the door.  The entire ride back to the office the cookie was singing sweet melodies and comforting promises of deliciousness.   I have developed a habit of logging my calories before I eat anything I am not sure of.  SWEET CALORIE SPIRITS YOU BETRAYED ME!  The single cookie was 220 calories!  That was almost the entire caloric composition of my sandwich.  Needless to say, my secretary enjoyed a cookie while I enjoyed the feeling of passing on something I really didn't need.

Second notable event of the day reaffirmed my earlier decision.  Since dropping 30 pounds I have noticed my wife making more comments about how much my workout shorts are falling off.  Now normally I like to walk around with a bit of "gangsta swag", but shorts that fall off  + elliptical make for a dangerous (and sometimes entertaining / interesting) workout.  I headed out to the store to grab some groceries and decided that I would just peek into the guys clothes section.  They had the type of shorts that I love, so I decided I would go try some on.  Normally I would just grab my standby size (which could also be used to describe movies of the adult persuasion), head to the register and then worry that the cashier would try to see what size I was buying.  I grabbed two different sizes, one for the size I figured I would fit into, and one that I figured would be a goal to reach toward.  Amazingly the goal shorts fit like a glove.  This was the first time in a LONG time that I didn't have to pay extra for "Big Man" sizes.

Needless to say...I am quickly learning patience and hard work are making all of this worth it.