Radio silence

So obviously one of the things that's new and exciting around here is the weight loss challenge between me and Alice. The only problem is, I have no idea how she's doing over in Blighty. And yes, I learned that term from my lone British friend here in Chicago. The lack of communication isn't Alice's fault. She's just been crazy busy with a new job, and we haven't had much time to catch up lately, especially considering our only method of communication right now is via the text message chat on our iPhones. Although I suppose I could have sent an actual email from my actual account to hers, I just haven't wanted to bother her while she's getting acclimated to a new environment. As a result, I have no news to report at all on the progress of the challenge.

In a way, I'm pretty happy with those results. Obviously I'd love to hear from Alice in general, and specifically that she's absolutely destroying me in the challenge once again. But I'm taking the lack of external competition updates and filtering them through my desire to keep working hard in the absence of information. What I've come up with is the good news that I think this program is gonna stick. It's not a competition this time, just a simple determination that I'm going to make myself follow through on this no matter how long it takes. Though, seriously, I'm really hoping to see some more significant results in the next month as a result of the weightlifting and cardio. Through day ten of the competition, approximately last Thursday, I was down one pound. It was frustrating, but I'm taking the improvement in blood pressure as the reward for now and pressing on. Keep it tuned here, kids, and hopefully we'll have a more meaningful update on the competition some time in the near future.