I am a few days overdue posting an update on my journey. First I would like to say thanks to those of you who have reached out to me regarding my initial post. Your words of encouragement mean a lot to me and are greatly appreciated. Keeping this journal is a form of self induced therapy until I figure it is time to go talk to a professional who can help me work through things that I have done to get myself to this state. I am the cause and I am the solution.

Unfortunately I haven't had a very pleasant week. I got a very severe cold last weekend which I think started a week ago Friday. Monday I was a mess and had to leave the office early, got home took some over the counter stuff and went to bed. I spent most of Tuesday in bed with little to no improvement. Went into work on Wednesday to get a deliverable out to my customer and ended up leaving again around mid day. Hopefully I didn't get anyone else sick. I stayed home yesterday and think it was the worst day of the week. I woke up this morning feeling much better and ventured out to my Reston VA office before heading over for a doctor’s appointment. Before I get to that, this is probably the worst cold I have ever had. It really knocked me out.

Now for the doctor's appointment, the primary purpose was a check up on my Type II Diabetes and the shots of Byetta my doctor has me giving myself twice a day. It was actually a very good appointment. My weight is down by about 7 lbs from my last visit (approx 8 weeks). Now for those of you who think that the weight loss is due to being sick, I actually made sure that I was following my diet and I also got in a couple of very low impact workouts on the elliptical cross trainer although very short in duration.

Now that I am feeling better, I need to make sure that I am being more consistent with the workouts and do a better job with the diet. As for the diet, my doctor recommended that I consider joining weightwatchers. The funny thing is that I have several friends who have gone that route who have made the same recommendation and have their successes. So I think I am finally going to listen to the advice and join. Hopefully this will help me do a better job of balancing a healthy diet with a good exercise program as I progress down the road on my journey. I am also looking at hiring a personal trainer for some weight training a few days a week to give me a balance with the cardio I am doing.

Stay tuned for my updates soon!