Any student knows the real New Year begins in the fall. What better time to refocus and reaffirm your goals in life? With a fresh year of academia ahead of me, I've rededicated my efforts to my diet, and I'm starting to see results once again.

As of today, my diet stands at 245/223.7/185. An overall loss of 21.3 pounds over 7 months, leaving 38.7 to go.

No gimmicks, no weird diet, just controlling portions and staying aware of my caloric intake.

Nothing too interesting to share, other than the fact that the wraps from the Commons Marketplace are delicious and weigh in in the neighborhood of 500-600 calories. They also come in a variety of ever-changing flavors (including greek turkey w/ feta, egg salad, and even buffalo chicken one particular day). And they're very filling. My only qualm is that the new Spot never has them in the evening.

Oh, and I've seen Diet Lipton Lemon Iced Tea on sale at every grocery store I've been to lately. Something around $6 for a 12-pack of pretty big bottles. It's a tasty change-up from Diet Coke.