Uncertainty

I write this latest post with no knowledge whatsoever of what my competition is doing. As certain readers have noted, there's been an astonishing amount of silence from the participants in the DYJCMF challenge. (By the way, while we're on the subject, we need to come up with a new name for round 2 of this challenge, Alice. I swear it takes me a full minute to type DYJCMF.) I am sorry about that, especially for the newer readers who haven't yet gotten used to being disappointed by NOTMY on a regular basis. Had a bit of a busy week two weeks ago, when I was getting an application to work for the FDIC ready, as well as meeting with some people about this damnable job search. So there was exercising being done, I just didn't have time to write about it.

So I'll give you an update now. The week four weight loss was either nil, or plus eight pounds, depending on a quirk of measurement. You see, the weekend that ended week four was spent in Louisville for my brother's 30th birthday. The diet that weekend mainly consisted of beer, whiskey, soda water and cheeseburgers. So I got back on Sunday, weighed myself on Monday, and the scale showed I had put on eight pounds. That was a bit of a shocker, as you can imagine. All my hard work had been erased in a single weekend of debauchery. So I hit the gym on Monday after weighing myself, and tried to kill off the remnants of a pretty decent hangover. Tuesday morning, I weighed myself again just to see what the deal was, and I was back to my week three weight, -5.6 pounds. I don't really know what happened, other than perhaps the combo of high sodium and lots of water consumed to kill the hangover left me looking at the scale in disbelief. I'm just glad that the weight gain wasn't permanent. I'm chalking that one up to a warning about working out, abusing alcohol, and not eating right.

The good news is this, after the initial panic of Monday, I continued the normal regimen, including a cardio kickboxing class, and lost another three pounds. So we're down 8.5 for the challenge, dear readers. Hoping that I can sneak out a serious come-from-behind victory, though it's looking doubtful at this point. I'm checking with Alice as we speak about the deadline for this contest, but it's coming down to the wire, and I've got some serious work to do. More to come soon.