i wrote these 3 blogs i wrote about my weight loss competition in an airport weeks ago.

How I Lost 32 Lbs in 30 Days...

Seth Godin tells me regularly that a quarter, or some other ridiculous number, of books on the best seller list are diet books. It's amazing because losing weight seems so simple. Eat less and exercise. Maybe more people would have luck losing weight if they found exercise they enjoyed. I'd hate to go running every day, but I'd be happy to never leave the pool. Mmm… Water. And the eating less part – that's just will power. I don't think anyone enjoys eating more than I do. Or takes more pride in their ability to Eat to Win. That's just plain ole willpower. Yet willpower doesn't seem to be evenly distributed.

I've always told people I could quit smoking if I were a smoker to begin with. I've always believed I had the willpower to do so. I think I've proven myself as much as a non-smoker can.

Number 2

If you're like me (and if you aren't you should consider at least trying to be) then you've always longed for a future where technology has fixed our need to go 2. Don't get me wrong – I love sitting on the john with the latest issue of Game Informer, but all in all it's just not worth it. Mostly because it's just filthy. I used to refuse to go 2 in any public restroom. I survived this way until college when it was just no longer an option. I hate being forced to take a dump in a room with other people in it. I just  hate it.

One of the best upshots from my month of eating less food was that I had to take far fewer craps. I went a day or two in between each sitting. It was amazing. Hopefully a taste of the future.

Eating to Lose

They say that you're worth your weight in how much you eat.

The hardest part about cutting back the number of calories I was consuming to 250-600 a day was the pride I take in my ability to eat. During the month of June I often ate not because of hunger but because I knew that I should. I could have eaten less – but there was no reason too. But the walk of shame back to my desk after a food party at work – with a bowl of salsa in one hand and fruit in another – meanwhile leaving a tray of samosas behind – that was tough.

Eating was something I've always been good at. It's something people remember me for. Now you see it. Now you don't. I've been called "The Yankees of Eating." It's not that it was just difficult for a month – but knowing that unless I was to just undo the effort I did in June that I need to give up my membership to the Clean Plates Club.

So I've retired now. Not that I want to lose another 30 pounds this month. But 15 wouldn't be bad and I certainly don't want to gain the weight I lost back (that would make the victory a little bittersweet). I'm a champion eater and non-eater. Few can boast this.