Sometime over the past three years, I don’t know exactly when, I set a very lousy personal record.  A personal record with which I struggle.  A personal record that placed me in the “red” on the doctor’s office Body Mass Index (BMI) chart.  A personal record where my weight passed 200 pounds.

I had every intention of returning under 200 and over the past three years, I have made many many attempts to dive back under that troublesome number.  Each attempt failed.

Then came the past week.  A week full of personal challenges.  A week packed full of stress.  A week supplemented with plenty of delicious red wine.

Now, I don’t check my weight on a regular basis, maybe once a month at best.  This morning for whatever reason, I figured I would step on the scale and survey the damage.  That is when I saw an amazing site.  A site that I did not expect to see.  An odd number that contained beauty and wonder.  199½!

Apparently a steady diet of red wine and elevated stress produces incredible results.  Now, personally I would not recommend the “Red Wine and Stress Diet,” but it’s hard to argue with the short term results.