Day 172: 268 lbs

I gained a pound since Sunday, which isn't too bad considering that I had four days of diet non-compliance since last Thursday. Yesterday I was good, though. Not perfect, since I did give in to a handful of chips at lunch (hard to measure). Call it about 8/10. Today is better.

Today, of course, is Valentine's Day. Often this day would be a diet challenge, but not this year for me. Since my wife's birthday is two days before V-Day, we often combine the two celebrations, and that was Sunday. So no fancy dinner out for her tonight (no babysitting even if we could find reservations), and my Valentine's Day present is a case for her new iPod. The iPod being the birthday present.

So my diet should be OK tonight.

Today's reason for wanting to be 195 lbs: So I look more like the hero on the cover of a romance novel, and not the fat Cupid up in the corner.