Has it really been a month?!?

Wow! I am even more lame than I thought. Thanks to my darling little sister, River Driver for pointing out that it has almost been a month since I last posted. I blame the booze. Oh wait, I can't afford booze *sobs*. Seriously, there hasn't been much of anything going on. The job hunt is moving at the proverbial snail's pace. Since my last post, I've had two more interviews, one of which went to another schmoe, and one of which I'm supposedly still in the running for. There's been a few rumblings from recruiters looking to fill slots in So Cal's Inland Empire (Temecula to Riverside). Admittedly, the pay tends to be huge, but I'm faced with one of two and a half options. First, I could accept the job and just commute. Technically, that's doable. Technically. From a practical perspective, it's 100 miles each way between Casa de Hoff and downtown Riverside. 200 miles each day, leaving the house absolutely no later than 6 (more likely 5:30) and not getting home until 7:30 or so. The 2nd option is to take the position and rent an apartment or even a room up there during the week. Again, it is technically doable at the salaries that are being thrown around, but GF and I went thru the long distance thing (her here in San Diego and me up in the OC) for the first year of our relationship and we do NOT want to go back to that. The half option is to do either of the previous two, while attempting to convince Dear and Patient GF that living in Riverside or Temecula is just as good as living in La Jolla (it isn't), get her to find a job up there, AND try to sell a condo in the softening (dare I say flaccid?) San Diego real estate market. So the hunt continues. Any good juju, thoughts, prayers, virgins for sacrifice (just send 'em to me, I'll take care of the details, heh heh heh) you all care to send my way to appease the gods of employment, I'll take 'em.

Weight is kind of a funny thing. As I noted in an earlier post, I'm a notorious yo-yoer (who of us isn't?), and in the past month, it has been a yo-yo experience. Interestingly enough though, my range is the same 3 pound range it usually is, just three pounds lower than the peak of my fatness. Over the past month I've ranged from 280.6 lbs to 277.4 lbs, as opposed to the 283 to 280 it yoostabe. I guess that's soemthing. I'm still snacking as I read, particularly in front of the computer. I wish I could find something to distract me from that. As I noted earlier, if I'm doing something, hell, just about anything, I don't even think about snacking. But I'm spending a good solid 4 hours a day surfing the job boards and sending off resumes (over 100 in less than 3 months, sad), so there's a good chunk of time to be stuffing Wheat Thins (at least they're reduced fat) into my face. I'm quite convinced that if I could cut that out I would start to see some downward trending in the avoirdupois. I've tried gum and hard candy, but they don't give me the same satisfaction. I wind up crunching thru the candy and then I'm ready for some chips, or the gum flavor goes flat and I'm ready for something crunchy. So it goes. I hope all of you out there are continuing to find success in the weight loss department...give us weak-willpowered folks something to aim for! For the record, today's meals saw the following:

Breakfast
Bowl of Cocoa Pebbles with skim milk - 250 cal

Snack
Bowl of Cocoa Pebbles with skim milk - 250 cal (hey, I like 'em)
Reduced Fat Wheat Thins - 300 cal

Lunch
2 Turkey breast sandwiches - 500 cal
Frozen Burrito - 300 cal

Snack
Reduced Fat Wheat Thins - 300 cal

Dinner
Lean Gourmet Spaghetti Marinara - 240 cal
Cocoa Pebbles (this was sorta dessert for the chocolate factor) - 250 cal

Total - 2390 cal. Didn't make it to the gym this morning...the dog got sick and I had to clean the carpet. Something of a mini cardio workout there, but not nearly a makeup for the gym. Definitely going tomorrow. Still, got the morning dog walk in (30 min), the afternoon sprint (5 minutes ranging from steady jog to full speed), and the evening stroll (which should be an hour's worth) will be coming up at 11:00 p.m. pst. Every little bit...

Finally a bit of housecleaning. I've updated the weight stats on the sidebar and added a few links I promised I would. Fat Bitch, Really Too Big Cactus Freek, and Twice The Man are now set up for easy linkage. Hopefully I can turn this here post into some sort of momentum and get back into the swing of things. We shall see. Those of you who for some silly reason still stop by, thank you for your patronage. See ya bounciing 'round the room.