Weight-Loss Incentive

I’ve started to keep track of everything I eat. My wife is graciously entering the information into our computer every day as part of a wellness-incentive program at work. She is following the plan as well, and has lost 10 pounds in a month.

While label reading and calorie counting may seem burdensome, I needed to do something to lower my weight from the 200 pounds where I’ve hovering for quite some time.

Logging every pat of butter and each dollop of ketchup may seem legalistic, but it really helps keep me accountable, especially when my wife is reviewing everything I put into my mouth. Although I walk every day and pretty much eat healthfully, charting every morsel does help make a conscious effort to keep off the pounds.

For it’s easy to deceive myself if I’m not keeping track: an oatmeal raisin cookie here, a mint chocolate chip frozen custard there. No wonder I’ve leveled off. I hope being a culinary scribe will have life-changing results.