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I really don't know why am bothering. I really don't. But I admit that the spur was an email from the blog company admonishing me (as I saw it) for not logging on for some 90 days now. I had thought it was much longer than that ...

Anyway, how are you all ? Well, I hope.

For myself, things have not been so good. No deaths or bankruptcy or anything like that, but the raison d'etre of this blog remains .. and with added value. Put another way, I have yo-yoed back up in weight. I really never thought I would but, there, I have admitted it. Publicly. :oops: There have been one or two well-meaning souls that have said I look much better for the added veneer of subcutaneous fat but I beg to differ and it has upset my athletic performance, such as it was, summat rotten. I can scarcely keep ahead of Mrs CITF now ...

So what is the cumulative damage ? Well, I have just descended from the bathroom where a very rare testing of the bathroom scales reveals 192 lbs. Gasp .. horror .. shame. This is a full 10lbs worse than my last blog entry (see below) and 22 lbs worse than last November or so. Too painful to check precision on this last one. It's a lot anyway. BMI now back into 'overweight' at 26.9. Buggah.

How has this come about ? Are you serious ? It's simple : eaten more than I needed. Period. The underlying reasons are definitely more complex and I am unsure what they are. One of life's mysteries I suppose.

Sooooo, it worked before and I see no obvious reason why it should not work again if I tell the world on a daily basis the triumphs and disasters of nutrition and exercise. The tyranny of public disapproval has worked in the past. I therefore need your help.

Start weight : 192 lbs

Target weight : 161 lbs (BMI 22.5 and mid-way between underweight and overweight)

But I am not going to put a date on it. Oh no. A noose for the inexperienced slimmer that.

My revised spreadsheet is waiting for entries. I just need to eat, drink and run around in circles.

Here goes again ...

CITF