Well we are rounding the bend on this adventure in wellness and only have one week left. Let’s start with the good news: I am officially down 13 pounds at this point. Pretty good for 9 weeks. It feels like a healthy weight loss pace. More importantly it feels like a sustainable pace. Last time I lost a significant amount of weight it was on Atkins. I lost 14 pounds very quickly and lost an overall 30 pounds only to gain it all back. That felt like a diet. This feels like change (Is that the buzzword of the year, or what?). Also, I did much better recording my food choices and point totals on Weight Watchers. Looks like even without that tool I was doing a pretty good job of sticking to my daily point totals.

Now the bad news: I haven’t been able to keep up with my workout goals these past two weeks. I still met with Heather, my trainer, but was unable to make it in for any workouts on my own. Life kept getting in the way. Last week…to tell the truth I don’t even remember why I didn’t go last week on my own. I can assure you it was for a good reason. This is what happens when I don’t blog weekly. This past weekend my son developed a major illness and was brought down by a serious cough. My wife and I were up with him all week. No one slept. Last night was the first time all week we didn’t have to get up multiple times with him. Although we still had to get up once around 2am. It’s always hard to go back to sleep after that. I did make it in yesterday morning to meet with Heather but I made her take it easy on me. She did…kind of.

I only have two shows left in my run of Uncle Vanya and things will finally settle down in my life. I am really looking forward to Sunday because I have no obligations for the first time in months. I am proud that through all that has been trying to interupt this process I have maintained a sense of purpose. It is encouraging to think I might be able to do this on my own once the program has ended.

One more week with my nutritionist and trainer. Heather and I are going to redo my evaluation to see what my progress has been. I get my free pair of shoes soon and next week we will be going on a grocery store tour. I’ll let you know how it all goes. Until then…I’m going to try to get some sleep.