Day 1: Got Ham?

First day of fall weigh-in: 155.8

Looking back at the original SofE blog, I see that I'm starting out almost two pounds heavier this time around. Seeing that I still have the same goal, I guess I'll be working harder to reach it. (LMAO)

You may start to notice certain patterns as time passes. Like how I don't eat many breakfasts. Not never, but not often. This morning for instance, which consisted of

• coffee, 2 cups of Eight O'Clock

Yep. That was it.

Then we (me) were off to waste almost an hour at the DMV because the woman at the information desk gave me the wrong… are you ready? — information. Doh! I guess she was clock-watching as it was almost noon by the time I inched-up to her counter.

Then it was off to Northtown Fiat for a test drive of the new 500X for next week's Artvoice. Not the same model Pope Francis was driven around Washington in on Tuesday, but I did somehow feel closer to God while driving around northern Amherst. (Who doesn't?)

A quick lunch upon my return of

• egg-salad on Al Cohen's rye
• 12 oz. water

Drinking water, we may find out, is one of the keys to losing weight. As long as the water is taking the place of something else, and not being used, say, to clear the taste of a Big Gulp out of your mouth.

A little yard work (very little) and it was time to start dinner.

• Jim's fried rice (leftover chicken, leftover rice, thrown in a frying pan with celery, carrots, onions, and a handful of bacon bits
• Crystal Beach diet loganberry, 12 oz.
• Perry's French Roast Coffee ice cream (2 scoops) w/chocolate syrup

Watched the second-season premier of Gotham during dinner. Seeing the show's logo come up on the screen at first looked like it said GOT HAM. Maybe the pork producers could pick up on this as their next advertising slogan.

Long-time readers (both of you) may notice that I've quit the gym and bought a bicycle. I've already gotten more exercise this summer than I did during the two years I belonged to the gym. Lesson learned.

Took about a four mile bike ride as dusk neared. Just finished one more

• water, 12 oz. 

and am calling it a night. Nosh-wise.