The Hollando Diet

I have lacked the discipline to lose weight. Or, better put, weight loss has not enjoyed a high priority thanks to inactivity and a non-existant short-term opportunity cost attached to eating poorly.

Now I have accepted a job offer at Merrill Lynch. In order to make the proper impression, I need to weigh somewhere in 160-169 lbs. range as of December 6, 2004–my start date. So off we go again! The adventure continues. But now the failure to lose weight has real consequences.

Tomorrow I will post the starting weight. I will go to the YMCA, despite my wheezing and my phlegm-filled lungs. I will stick to sushi, tuna, and other relatively lean food options. I recall the Olympic film Sixteen Days to Glory. The Rocky theme plays in the background. Fourteen days to glory…