Hanging on to that weekend...

Well here it is late Sunday night again, and I should be going to bed but I have neglected my blog soooo badly that I just have to write a little something. Otherwise I will just feel that I am a slave to the soul-crushing routine of the workweek. And I may be a slave but that's not all I am. There's a glimmer of a free being with something to say still alive in there somewhere! I swear.

So ok I have to lose weight. I mean I've been wanting to do it for several years now. But I've been slowly gaining instead. But now that I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea, one of the best things I could do would be to lose some weight. Besides it will make me feel better about myself, more attractive to the opposite sex, etc.

It's just something I've never done on purpose before. I used to lose weight every summer from all the sports I was playing, and then during the winter I would gain some. That was never a lot - we're talking less than 5 pounds. I have recently had a little of experience with losing. I went on vacation for 2 weeks to Chile for a friend's wedding festivities, did a ton of walking every day, and when I returned was shocked to discover that I had lost 5-7 pounds! Crazy - I was like eating steak every day, sleeping a ton. But I was mainly drinking water because I was having trouble with my throat and ears (and taking medicine for the same), and like I said, I was walking a ton.

So my strategy is to start walking regularly. I used to do that anyway. And for starters, cut softdrinks and desserts out of my diet. No more desserts after pretty much every meal, and snacks in between. The next step will be to look hard at what else I am eating, and start eating better; but first I've gotta get the other stuff out of my body. Then I'll have some confidence that I can actually make things better for myself.

Maybe what I'll do is leave for work half an hour earlier than usual, and get off the subway a few stops earlier. I don't like riding the train anyway. Then as time goes on I can increase the distance that I walk to work. I like doing the same on the way home, and when I'm not doing anything after work, I can always walk a bit.

I'll let you know how it goes.