Battle of the Pudge (Round Two)

Welcome to Battle of the Pudge (a.k.a. Countdown to Sexy).

Back in 2009, I lost about 60 pounds on Weight Watchers. I think it's a decent program, but it got frustrating because I wanted to add an exercise component. When you add exercising to dieting, your scale tells you one thing but your body tells you another. Weight Watchers is based entirely on your weight (shocker, given the name).

At the time, I figured I'd just run with it and dropped the exercise component. Fast forward a year and a half, and I've found the weight again. I think Weight Watchers is probably designed that way on purpose. You have to keep going back to their product to continue to achieve success.

Well, this time around, I don't have a scale and I'm not going to buy one. I'll know if I'm doing the right thing by whether pants that used to fit do so again.

To reach my goal I'm trying a few things:

1. Eating less. This one's pretty obvious. I'm trying to keep myself from snacking too much between meals and I'm trying to make sure my meals are reasonably sized.

2. Avoiding crap foods. I won't do this all the time, but my regular trips to McDonald's are no more.

3. Adding some exercise in at least 5 days per week. I try to at least walk for 30 minutes and I will now be availing myself of the gym available at work.

4. Not eating past 7pm. This one came from a friend at work. I'd heard it before, but had really put it out of my head since I love evening and late-night snacking.

We'll see how I do with all of this.

I'd like to thank K-Man for the motivation to do this again. K-Man's gotten himself in some incredible shape and I'm a bit jealous. Nothing like someone else's hotness to motivate you.