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I could blame it on the holidays, stress, gift certificates from family, the weather, lack of a reasonably priced gym, uncomfortable walking shoes, or any number of reasons. But the fact remains that in terms of the weight loss goal I started with a bunch of fellow bloggers last year – I’m back to square one.
I could tell in November I was slipping, actually before that.  I took “time off” during August and September due to the renaissance faire, when I “had” to stop at Long John Silvers for dinner almost every night on the way home.  Then with Christmas came gift certificates to fast food places, and times at work when “ooooh, Pancheros sounds good. I deserve something good.”
So, I start 2007 again at 220. I look terrible, I feel terrible. To help me get back on track I added a little graphic on the side of the blog with the current weight on it. I’m going to try hard NOT to update it once a day, but rather once a week.  When I update it once a day, I fall into the “I can be bad for a day, I lost 2 lbs” trap.
I also need to set more realistic goals that just “175″ as my final weight. So… here are my goals, which should be attainable.
February 1, 2007 – 210 lbs
March 1, 2007 – 190 lbs
April 1, 2007 – 180 lbs
May 1, 2007 – 175 lbs
Now the biggest jump is from Feb to March at 20 lbs in 28 days. The reason I calculated that much, was because it is close to the start of the plan, so loss due to water weight and generally eating better will be greater.  This is counteracted after that with only 10 lbs and then 5 lbs in April.
One of the things I really need to work on is getting up and walking in the morning. But it’s coooooold in the morning during winter. Well, colder. I think if I walk in the morning, rather than night, it will help tremendously. I have read many sources that say exercising in the morning is the best for you. Only I can’t help but think that it will make me sleepy at work during the day… which is bad.  Guess we will have to see.
Since this is January 8, that means I have one less week for the initial 10 lbs. Better get started!
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Had RR #50 almost in the can, then played the last song and Castblaster crashed.
Will try again tomorrow, it was a great show… sorry for the inconvenience. 
A year ago I posted Mr Clean
Well, tonight I once again cleaned beyond belief. I even broke out the floor cleaner and mop and mopped the kitchen and bathroom. It looks pretty much like the photo on the other Mr Clean post, except I have a brand new kitchen floor.
Actually it’s quite scary how much the same it is…
I just got back from Rocky Balboa. Now I’m not a big Rocky fan, never really have been. But this movie was very enjoyable. Yes, I can finally proclaimed I “liked” a movie. Shocker, I know.
One of the things that hit me in the movie was something that I had been reading. At some point, in order to get ahead, you have to stop blaming others for what you think they have done to you, and accept responsibility. Only then can you move on.
For years I have thought that I would have done better in Hollywood had certain people not been a royal pain in the butt. I thought it was all their fault I was forced to come back to Iowa. Nevermind the fact that I published a book and finished my degree, I blamed them extensively for being back here. For ending my dreams.
But I could have prevented it.
I had a choice on how to deal with difficult people. And my lack-of-experience as a 22 year old from Iowa suddenly working for Warner Bros. caused me to make many, many errors in how I dealt with animosity, political games at work, and other professional relationships. In other words, I was also to blame.
So, from this day on, I say publicly that I forgive them all. Guy, Joe, Kevin T., Elizabeth, Jim B., hell even Steve Case himself. I forgive you for everything you might have said or done to throw up roadblocks in my career. But you didn’t block me, maybe just… derailed for a little while.
For another scene in Rocky Balboa says (paraphrasing) that it isn’t how hard or how many times you are hit, but how you get up and recover afterwards that shows what kind of person you are.
I emerge now, in 2007, free of blame.
And things are going to be different.
