Five weeks later . . . still same weight

Well. After a few pounds down I'm back up to 198.4 . . . this morning. I skipped the JC weigh-in this afternoon because I didn't want to see me go above 200 in an afternoon weigh-in.

Tonight I watched the season premiere of "The Biggest Loser" -- while eating a Papa John's Chicken Bacon Ranch pizza. It was "bleah" -- too much bacon, and it wasn't good crispy bacon -- it was not-cripsy-enough bacon. (Maybe I should change the focus of the blog to critiques of the food I eat on my binges. It would be more interesting than this in that quirky-blog way. But it would more detrimental to my health. So, no.) And, yes, I know how screwed-up that sounds.

But, in a strange way, I was inspired by The Biggest Loser. Now if I could just find a way to work out 24 hours a day at a beautiful ranch. . . . Actually, one of my criticisms of tonight's show is that it did not detail how long each person does work out a day. It must be a lot -- the women, who were well over 200 pounds, lost 11 to 20 pounds each. The trainer says their diet, however, is 1200-1500 calories a day -- a standard weight-loss range used by Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers. But it is a no-white-carbs or sweets diet, which I know can jump-start weight loss. Maybe the website has more answers . . .

Meanwhile, I'm still trying to figure out what I can do to jump-start my own weight loss. I need to focus on exercise, I think. Sigh.