Suburban Debauchery (formerly Simply Irresistible) is a daily log chronicling my personal daily fitness and various health-related statistics. It was started in paper form on Nov. 5, 2000, and was transferred to a web interface on Dec. 12, 2000. It’s been online ever since, minus a few month hiatus for this major redesign that is.

During the first run back in 2000-2001, I lost 55 lbs (more background info). My initial success came through daily exercise and establishing healthier eating habits. Unfortunately as my eating habits have become more lax over the past few years, I’m not feeling as fit as I’d like to. The motivation finally came for me to start the site back up again, and with it, a full force attempt at regaining my healthy habits.

The first time around, I became a nutritional nazi (for lack of a better term). It was a little over the top for most people, and it certainly didn’t help keep friends around, so I toned that down REAL quick. I don’t want to come off as a holier-than-thou dieter in print either. My readers will have to help keep me in check on that one.

I’ve learned over this journey that I eat mostly out of happiness, boredom, and simply opportunity. Put a big buffet of treats out, I have to have some nibbles. Well I know intellectually that I don’t HAVE to, but I get this urge that if I don’t, it will all be gone and I will be kicking myself later. In actuality, the opposite is true; I usually am kicking myself for the extra indulgence.

I also know that I never wanted to lose weight to be healthy, I wanted to look HOT. And really that still is the driving factor that has kept the majority of my weight off (minus these stubborn 8-10 lbs. that are sticking like GLUE). I wish it was the opposite, and maybe my “tubby bits” (as my friend Hazel so affectionately calls them) wouldn’t bother me so much. I’m not going to lie and say that my goal now is to just be healthy, nope, it’s reattaining full-blown hottie status, especially in a bathing suit.

I’m going to make a concerted effort to keep up with the comments people leave here. If you have a question, that would be the best way to get it answered. The e-mail route is open, but you’re much more likely to get a response via commenting.

However, please check the FAQs I have posted, as your question might already be answered there. These will serve as a general “Getting Started” page for those who are looking to start a similar program.

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