Well - here comes the true test. When my wife and I met, I was 180 lbs.

By the time we were married, I was 190. After a year of living together, I was 195ish... which was still fine. But when I had a bunch of life events hit me all at once. 2004/2005 came like this: wife pregnant, bought townhouse, son born, started school. I was so overwhelmed and had so little time that I threw diet and exercise out the window.

Well, guess what? I'm about to do it all over again. The whole thing.

Amy and I are trying to have a second child. She's on clomid now and failing that, we may do IVF. The property market has dipped too low for us to ignore. We will be selling our townhome and moving to a nice 4 bedroom detached home in the very VERY near future... next few weeks by the looks of things. At the end of this year, I will have my bachelors degree, so starting Jan 2009, I'll be working on my MBA. If I get into the school of my choice, I'll be on a plane every 2 weeks for the next 2 years travelling up to San Francisco to attend class.

Major MAJOR life changes. SO... will I go from 230 to 280? Or am I going to keep my head and maintain - or even lose weight?

Diet & Exercise
My only hope is to get into a routine that I can manage. I've got breakfast, snacks and lunch down, I just have to get a handle on dinner (and "afters" and get exercise back in the picture.

Weight Training Wednesday
With that in mind, Wednesday morning, I hit the gym for some weight training. MAN that felt good. I warmed up with 5 minutes of rowing, then started with my upper body routine. My chest and biceps are a bit sore (DOMS - Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness), but my back and triceps are just pumped. With the rowing I've done recently, I'm not surprised about my back, but I guess I need to up the weight on the triceps.

Food Issues
I had a rough day on Wednesday foodwise. I mentioned many blogs ago that if I go lo-carb, my mood and attitude goes downhill sharply. Well, I fixed my healthy Brien's Soup lunch yesterday, but left out the potato. So, I ate chicken, 1 cup of tomato soup, spinach and chicken... This is like an Atkins meal. There were NO carbs in there. By mid afternoon I was pretty grumbly... and I had a lot of work to do when I got home. (We had houses to look at)

Didn't want it... Ate it anyway... Regretted it *laugh*
My son's birthday is tomorrow, but he celebrated at school yesterday, so there was a sheet cake on the island at home. I really wasn't interested in cake, so I grabbed an english muffin and some milk. I was still hungry and in need of carbs, so I ended up cutting a slice of cake anyway. Sugar. Ugh... My bloodsugar spiked, then crashed.... so I was edgy anyway. When will I learn?

I know the answer to "needing carbs" -- it's called cooked oatmeal. I keep forgetting!