weight loss through humiliation

i think now's a pretty good time to start making a food log. being overweight in america is easy. nobody gives you too hard a time and in fact, tons of people encourage it, either directly or indirectly (jewish and italian matriarchs, i'm talking to you). and as fun as it's been sweating while bending over for the past 24 years, i'm making a real, bona fide attempt to lose weight.

see, there have been instances where i've been forced to eat slowly. physical injury (to my shoveling hand, let's say) is generally the motivating factor, but eating with people who taste food before they swallow has also slowed me down on occasion. and when i eat slowly, i eat less. and i also feel a little self-righteous, if i can be totally honest.

so i'm making the assertion (based on approximately no research) that being conscious of food will somehow make me eat less and thus lose weight.

i heard about food logs (let's just call them flogs) several years ago, but never really cared until i decided for myself that it would be a good idea to have one. suddenly, it dawned on me while eating this morning that, if beholden to the opinions of others (from which i'm often shielded, what with eating in my dark apartment with no witnesses), i might actually breathe between bites.

i mean, there are no "others" who read this blog at present, but i intend to solicit some, so that i may have an audience for this. i believe that overzealous graduates from no-name business schools would call this "incentivizing" and though i don't have a powerpoint presentation to accompany this, i don't need one. because this is my sovereign blog.