Dieting Fun 101

On most diets, what you lose most in the first week is your enthusiasm. I am down a couple pounds. It is not however the large amount of weight that I have lost on the first week of a diet in the past. If you detect just a tinge of disappointment, it is because it is there. I'm okay though. The bitter weeping is done and I've accepted my fate. Perhaps this diet is going to be a little different since I am on the mossy side of 55. I don't want to dwell on age since it is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is hang around long enough. I do think its happening to me though. I'm starting to get these subtle hints. For instance I can still put in a good day's work, it just takes me 2 days to do it. Another hint is when I get out of the shower in the morning and look in the mirror, my first thought is, "Dad! What are you doing here." They say fifty is the new thirty. I guess inflation even affects age now.

It helps to have a buddy to urge you on when you are dieting. Fortunately I have my wife; she is also dieting. This is a good thing. When I am down, she boosts my spirits. When I am frustrated, she paints the big picture, and when I am really irritating, she tells me to go away. I help her, too! Given enough time, I am sure I can come up with an example. Mostly she knows that dieting is not easy, and it helps to make fun of it sometime.

Have a very good day.