Perils of weight loss for a sports writer

There are some professions that allow for ample time to work out. Sports writer is not one of those.

I won't bore you with the details of my job, with some of those mundane. The short and sweet of it is in addition to covering area sports I also handle all the online stuff for the sports department. The short and sweet of it is I often have odd hours and sometimes work more than 10 hours in a day.

What this does is put a cramp in my workout regimen. The first two weeks went well, as I only missed two sessions with Wii Fit. However, I replaced it with a brisk 30-minute walk.


I missed four days the third week, but had a good workout on Saturday, Nov. 21. The slacking led to "only" four pounds of weight loss, which will be detailed in another post here shortly.

Basically I need to do a better job of fitting the exercise into my schedule. If this were summer time then it would be easy. But, football season, which is pretty much over thankfully, is the busiest time of year for me.

I knew Operation 40 would be a work in progress. I have little doubts it will be successful, as it already is. But I am learning as i go and thanks to those who have given me helpful tips along the way.