In the past year, I've gained 40 lbs, and 20 of them in the last 7 months. Not a pretty thing for me to watch.

I've switched to carrots and two granola bars a day for snacks. I'm limiting what I buy at the food bar to at least one protein and between 1/2 to 1 pound total for lunch. No more drinking alcohol, no fruit juices or non-diet sodas, just flavored seltzer, Bai, coffee, and water.

My remaining vice has been ice cream, and I'm not talking about the generic or Breyer's. No, I went for Ben & Jerry's, only to find they've tinkered with the formula and Strawberry Cheesecake's the only decent one left. Haagen-Dazs is as reliable as ever, so hello Pineapple Coconut and White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle. Talenti I will devour almost every flavor possible, particularly Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip and Caribbean Coconut.

This is now a problem of around 1,000 extra calories a day. Then I discovered Halo Top in the past tw weeks. A whole pint is around 300 calories, and the flavor isn't that bad!

An extra 700 calories saved per day should help, I think. If not I might have to do something far more expensive and less desirable and join a gym. I hope this will work instead.