Holy crap, the starvation and torture thing is actually working! Eight pounds down in two weeks! Unfortunately, I gained two of them the weekend AFTER my physical, so the doctor won't be nearly as impressed as he should be when I see him again on Friday. So now of course I feel the need to REALLY starve and torture myself for the next two days to try and get as much extra off as possible so he'll see a difference worth praising....which is yet ANOTHER issue: why can't I just do this for me? Why does it have to be for him? Pathetic.