Job Application & Counting Calories

I've spent hours digging up old information and working on the job application. No wonder I haven't progressed very rapidly in my career. It takes forever.

References? I hated my last job and my boss and I didn't exactly see eye to eye. All my time is spent with my family. I don't chum abound with anybody. I can't tip off my current boss that I'm looking for another job or things will go downhill rapidly in that relationship. I love my current job and don't want anything to mess up that relationship. I'm only going for the new job because I'd like to provide better for my children.

The trouble with this potential new job is that it would be challenging to say the least. It would be at the very limit of my abilities if not beyond them. But hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Counting calories is working. I had a bunch of M&M's in a gumball machine at work. I couldn't stay out of them so I gave them away. Had I not been counting calories I'd have binged on them thinking it would be the last time. If I guesstimated correctly, I still came in under the caloric limit.

Frozen vegetables are working well. Just warm them up and you have a healthy meal. I ate four servings of fruit and four servings of vegetables today.

BMI = 26

Coughing & some heartburn. I blame that on the chocolate. 

I hate filling out job applications

I've spent about four hours updating my resume and vitae and filling out a job application. Do you remember the exact date you were hired for your last job?

In the old days you sent in a resume and you could send the same resume to a dozen firms. Now you have to fill out one on their website for every job. It takes hours and 90% of the time the application process is a sham. Billy Bob has the job before it is opened. They just go though the motions.

And no you can't contact my current employer. Hello boss, yes, I'm looking for a new job.

That will get you in good with your current boss for sure.

Counting Calories is Working

I could not do it manually but with Lose It it is easy to count calories. I'm still eating too much most days but not nearly as much as I would without tracking my eating.

Counting Calories

After watching The Weight of the Nation on HBO.com I have been counting calories using an iPhone app called Lose It! The app makes it easy because you can scan the bar-code of most food items and it will bring up the item. Now I see why I like the peanut M & M's.

The Weight of the Nation

www.weightofthenation.hbo.com

It seems that I am not alone with my eating habits problem.

Heroic commitments haven't worked so I'm taking one day at a time with the focus on avoiding processed food or at least greatly reducing it. Yesterday I was mostly successful and the GERD was much better. Today was a little worse but still not as bad as the past.

BMI = 26.1

GERD Elimination Plan Take 2

I think I was on the right track before. See here.

As Fat as Ever

All efforts have resulted in failure. The heartburn is still bad and I'm as fat as ever.