So, this year, I think I’m bowing out of NaNoWriMo. I started with a concept I hadn’t really thought all that much through, and while I think the start of it was sort of interesting, I wasn’t really invested in it, and can’t seem to get motivated to write.

What I *CAN* get motivated to do is get back on the weight-loss horse. Since starting my new job, months and months ago, I’ve been unable to create a routine I can stick with, where I’m eating controlled amounts and getting enough exercise to keep the weight off.

So… time to start again. I know I’ve tried a couple times, but it’s pretty strange. At the beginning of the year, it was actually pretty trivial to maintain a routine, and the willpower necessary to eat regular amounts and get some decent exercise. Now…? Gotta start over, and some external motivation is always a good help.

So, here’s how I’m gonna roll:

• Gonna end up tending toward larger lunches, and smaller dinners (I generally don’t eat much in the way of breakfast)
• Count calories, like I did at the beginning of the year, maintaining a lower intake than expenditure
• Exercise regularly – swimming twice a week at lunch, and taking Mobius on longer walks – ramping up exertion levels more after losing the weight than before

If I can maintain a lower calorie intake than expenditure for the week, and swim twice a week, then I’m going for a weekly reward:

• Week 1: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare CE
• Week 2: Call of Duty 3 (free with COD4)
• Week 3: Super Mario Galaxy
• Week 4: Rock Band

Good times.

The goal is 210 by the end of the month and 200 by the end of the year.