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This is most definitely a King of the World weigh-in.

I weighed in this morning at 337.8. Yes, that’s up from last week.

Totally my fault. I know why it happened. No one to blame but myself.

And I have nowhere to go but up. So that’s where I’m going.

Next week, I’m weighing in at 333. It’ll happen.

Here’s my video this week. I tried something new. I did it while driving. The noise is because it was raining hard here in town and I drive a convertible, which is ridiculously noisy when it rains.

I’ll post again tomorrow. I don’t really have a lot to say that I didn’t express in the video.

I’m doing okay. I messed up a little, but it’s not the end of the world. In fact, this experience made me stronger. I learned from it. I’m the King of the World*.

(*Figuratively speaking. Just so you don’t think I’m all cocky or anything.)

I am having a VERY rough diet week. If I gain this week, I can’t shrug and say, “Doh dee doh, don’t know why this one happened.” I’ll have to say, “Yeah… I haven’t weighed or measured my food, and I’m pretty sure I’ve eaten WAY too late and WAY too much.”

I seem to have lost my fire and passion. Tina has, too, and I think we’re currently feeding off of each other’s lack of enthusiasm. But it’s fire and passion for eating healthy. Not for exercise. We’re still going to the gym. We went for a C25K run around our neighborhood just last night, and it felt good.

We’ve recommitted to doing this right TODAY. I’m not changing my weigh-in date or anything. Whatever I weigh Saturday is my weight for the week, good bad or ugly. I’ll just have to chalk the month of April up to a standstill and backtrack, weight wise, but that’s okay, because I’m not in a contest. I’m not eligible to win $250,000 and have confetti rain down on me from the Biggest Loser Stage. I’m just trying to live a healthier, longer life with Tina.

Okay, now that the whining is over, on with our regularly scheduled post.

I promised a cooking video on Sunday. I made it Saturday, but I’m just now getting around to posting it. I got so excited about the Aurorae Yoga Mat giveaway that I’m afraid everything else just took a backseat. And please, still enter and tell your friends! You have two more days to enter!

Tina and I are both huge dorks in this video, but that’s pretty appropriate, because we’re huge dorks in real life, too. (And please notice my tie-dye apron – Tina will have one next video.) But it was fun, and we’re definitely going to do it again. Hopefully, we’ll post our video on how to make Almond Joy themed LaraBars this weekend.

I think we need a name for our cooking show. Any suggestions?

This is most definitely a Lisa says “Meh” weigh-in.

I should be happier about it, but I just don’t know if I can be, because I’m heavier than lately. However, it is a loss, and as many people have told me, the numbers don’t define me. I’ll be happy to see how my waist size decreases over time. That may give me a better indicator of my success than the scale.

I weighed in last Friday at 339.5. I weighed in this Saturday morning at 337.1. That’s a loss of 2.4 pounds. It’s okay; I’ll take it. I could be happier, because I am seven pounds heavier than my most recent lightest, but whatever. It is what it is, and I’ll deal with it.

As I mention in the very short video this week, my arms have gone up almost two inches. I know this isn’t true muscle gain, as I’ve lifted weights four times this week, so I’m sure my arms are pumped full of blood. Still, it is a step in the right direction, and I’m happy about it, even if it does mean I’ll have to give some back next week.

I am happy to see that my waist size is 54 1/2 inches, which is half an inch down from last week. That IS good news.

As previously mentioned, this is a very short video. We’re entertaining some friends tonight, and I whipped up a short cooking video. I made grilled shrimp in a cast iron skillet, which if I don’t mind saying so myself, turned out frickin’ awesome. I hope to post that video some time tomorrow.

I have just posted my very first video blog! You can find me on YouTube by going to my channel, JeremyRay45.

Or you can just watch it right here.