Probably not, actually. I am doing a Good Housekeeping “diet” in which step one is to walk for 30 minutes each day. I plan on doing this during my lunch break, since I never seem to take my hour – or even leave my office – most days. This morning worked out perfectly because a couple TAs had to cancel class. They just so happen to teach across campus (MON, RBB, & BEL respectively) so I walked – at a brisk pace mind you – all the way there, stopped into Zia to get a juice, and walked back. I got a non-fat 108 calorie strawberry thing with 10 juices and an energy supplement. I am feeling good about life right now.

Step two, of course, is to eat healthy. They give some options for meals but I already know how to eat so that I lose weight; I believe it differs for everyone. So step two is to keep eating the way I am, just maybe stop stealing a soda or candy bar here and there. When I am at work and feeling drowsy, I have been known to slip in this category.

Step 3 is to do these exercises that they map out. I think it’s 20 minutes 3 days a week. This is very do-able, especially if this is supposed to work in only 2 weeks. And then, if I am successful, I can do it for another couple weeks. I don’t know where I got the idea that since I lost fourty pounds I had become invincible to gaining it back. Sure, from my lowest I have only put on 5, but that just goes to show that you can’t let it slide, you have to keep up with it.

For some people, weight is not a battle. At least not yet. There are some people who are skinny now and eat Nutter Butters all day long but there’s a good chance that when they hit fourty, they’re going to blow up. Although there are those lucky few, like my grandfather, who will stay thin their whole lives. It’s too bad my grandmother passed her weight genes on to me and my mother got my grandfather’s. They do say some traits skip a generation.