Man! I really missed going to the gym over the last two weeks. The first thing I did was hop up on the scale to end this crappy phase of not knowing whether or not I was making any progress. I'm one of those guys who likes to monitor the effectiveness of all my actions. I don't like being surprised- I like making progress. I like making corrections in the short-term rather than trying to remember how what I did a month (or two weeks) ago may have affected my current circumstances.

Not that I'm knocking a 5 lb loss. I'll take one of those every week or two- no complaints.

And I had a few clues along the way; my watch and clothes where "mysteriously" getting bigger, and I am feeling pretty good. I'm wondering what the next two weeks will produce- now that I'm back at the gym and have access to a scale.