Ben was right

Hmmm.... Ben has told me many times that the first 5 pounds would be easy and after that I would probably plateau. Normally, when he said this, I did that opening and closing my hand gesture that looks like a bird chirping. Then I would say something about having more than 10 pounds to lose, so this contest should be easy for me to win. I have been holding at 138 for I guess about a week now. I am going to have to do something to kick my progress back into gear... but I am guessing it is going to have to be cutting out some of the beverages I have been enjoying after a long day (beer and wine). So, F*, do I have to join AA to win this damn contest or what? I also ordered a bike, so I am going to try to go for a ride at lunch most days and take it over to some nice paved trails they have around here on weekends. Unfortunately, I guess that means I will be using my lunch break for exercise instead of my usual nap. I keep telling myself I am going to run in the morning, but so far no dice. This morning, instead of getting up and going for a run, I slept through my alarm until 10:00. Then I read 1984 while I had my coffee. It's pretty good! I tried to read it once in 10th grade, but I didn't enjoy it very much back then. It is just like when I tried to read The Catcher in the Rye again when I was like 25, I didn't like that very much at all, but when I was in 10th grade, of course I thought it was genius.