Stuck - Now What??

As a strategy game, I am told it's great.
In Nigeria, the state is awesome..
When Mordecai Richler sets stories within it's confines, it is incredible.
When you're living it... not so much.

I am speaking of the "Plateau"

I haven't posted in the last 9 days because, frankly, not much has happened. My weight loss as stalled... I have "plateaued".
It is to be expected (so I am told).
It will pass (so I'm told)
Things will begin to proceed soon (STOP telling me!)

I am sitting at 259 and have been so for more than a week. On one hand, I'm glad to be staying below 260 - especially with the steak tartare et frites,the four restaurant meals; the 13th St. Rosé,Tokaji, Red Breast Irish Whiskey (yes, real men spell whiskey with an "e"), the Huff Sparking Wine, Cahors, Fumé Blanc, Cremant de Bourgougne and Tequila Sunrise that somehow managed to find their way into my last 10 days. To be clear, I don't drink nearly as much as the preceding list implies - small pours, all of them... except those that were bottles... but shared!. Anyway, lots of summer celebratory behaviour leads me to be happy with maintaining my weight... but my general impatience is finding this all very frustrating.

I need to do something to kick the weight loss back into action. I could give up mayonnaise... but I don't really eat enough mayo that it would make much of a difference. I could stop giving into my insane craving for chocolate. (Yes, it's true I have the strangest craving for chocolate... I really fear that I'm about to turn into a 48 year old woman at any moment...). I have satisfied this craving by adding a handful of smarties to my large bag of nuts that I snack on twice a day. One handful of nuts and berries, twice a day - now with three or four Smarties included. I don't think cutting that out is going to make a difference.

What do I ingest in quantity that I could give up??

Hmmmm...

I thought about it; I tossed and turned... I consulted on-line psychics... I read my fortune with Old Maid Cards (gave my Tarot Cards to a local Jehovah`s Witness Fundraiser)
Finally, it hit me... it was so obvious, I don't know how I missed it.

I could give up wine.

Well, not all wine... perhaps I could give up Mexican Pinot Noir or almost anything from Australia! (not enough, eh?)

I could give up Burgundy... ouch!
I could give up Champagne... sacré bleu
I could give up Sparkling wine... fi
I could give up Burgungy... NEVER!
I could give up Malvoire, Norman Hardie, Fielding Estates, Hidden Bench, Huff, 13th Street... Get the behind me, Stan!!
(I don`t know who Stan is, but I suspect he`s a teatottler)

Given the enormity of this decision;
the importance of this decision
I have decided
to

re-dedicate myself to the gym.



I just couldn't find any single thing that I could change in consumption that would make a difference, so I need to increase my body's demand for calories.

More exercise.
Perfect!!


I should go right now...
off to the gym.
I have some time. My bag is packed, my Ipod loaded and my towel dry..

But suddenly, I realize that I should trim my beard.
Clean my desk
Arrange my shoes (see, I am turning into a 48 year old woman!)
Write a sermon
Call an old friend
Cut the grass
Watch 2001 and 2010 (I PVR'd them last week)
Play guitar
Play the flugelhorn
Take up the zither...

Yeah, I think I'll hit the gym tomorrow and see if that gets me off the plateau...
(although I will confess, that I'm getting to like the view...
and the food is great!)

Wish me luck
(or at least invite me to lunch)