Is this the peak? Can I let it get worse than this? I guess trying to go to the gym more often didn't work. Gym attendance needs to be maintained and I should really start paying attention to the food I eat. This number is more than troubling.

I don't know what's been going on during the past month. I haven't been visiting the gym. And I've been eating too much food. Hmm...perhaps that's the theme for the past two years? Things got a little out of control this month. I don't like seeing my weight that high after three somewhat consistent months. Let's hope April's renewed attention to gym attendance will help.

I wish I could say this weight was an anomaly for the month of January. It's not. I ordered way too much food. Ate too much food. Take a look at the money I spent on the snacks category from my budget. I did tweak my ankle early in the month and that kept me away from the gym for a few weeks. That's not totally to blame. Warm weather, I need your return!

Things are once again headed in the wrong direction. And, yes, I did try keeping a log of the calories I ingested. It lasted about three weeks. Doing so was TOUGH work. And I'm not sure it helped much. I gave up keeping track in mid-November. Let's just say that my average daily caloric intake is much, much higher than it should be.

In an attempt to get a handle on what I eat, I've decided to start keep a spreadsheet of the food and drink I consume. I plan to list caloric content in the spreadsheet. I started yesterday. By the time I went to bed, I'd ingested around 4000 calories. My hope is the spreadsheet will show me the patterns and then I can work on changing the patterns.

I am tired of taking grainy photographs of my feet and the scale but I'm not going to stop until the number on that scale is well below 200.0.

I hope these photos suggest I'm back on track. I want to be back on track. I think the solution to the cookie problem is to not have cookies in the house. Imagine that!

I guess September wasn't so good. It's very likely I was buying and eating a lot of cookies around the time this photo was taken.

I don't know if this is really representative of the month. I think this is more of a fluctuation and not a suggestion of actual weight loss.