Well week #1 is done and gone. It wasn’t the week of power-change I might have hoped for, but I got some of the kinks in my plan worked out so I’m now all the better positioned for Week 2.

I learned in Week 1 that as far as “The-Diet” is concerned, weekends are really hard for me. I undid alot of progress I made over the week once the weekend hit. Without the routine of a work day I tend to snack more and get off schedule … which leads to even more snacking. It’s clear that I have to be much more diligent about the weekends from now on.

I also learned that my “plan” had a little too much “faith” mixed in. So this week, I’m going to try and shore up some more ‘rules’ about how the eating and exercise is supposed to go throughout the week (and especially on the weekends).

My numbers moved in the right direction this week, but I can’t help wonder how awesome they would have been if I hadn’t messed up the weekend so fully. Hopefully I can make even better progress in Week 2.

I’m glad to see that some folks listed on Colin’s Diet page are still going and I’m following them via their RSS feeds. I don’t think the list of participants there is up to date, however, so if you’re just starting be sure to check out Technorait and the flickr pool / discussion group for possible new and continuing participants. Cheryl has signed on in her quest to make healthy changes in her life through yoga, and Doug has signed on in his goal to “become less repulsive“.

Ok enough stalling … here’s the numbers at the end of week 1:

Update: I’ve renumbered the weeks to start with zero rather than one 1. This way “week X” numbers are reporting the results for that week, rather than the starting numbers for that week … this just makes more sense to me.