My Diet Has Started 47 Mondays in a Row

My diet starts Monday. It has now started 47 Mondays in a row — the most consistent commitment of my life. Relationships? Spotty. But this diet fires up every Monday morning like a phoenix rising from the ashes of Sunday night pizza.

Oatmeal's bought, intentions are pure, and for about four hours I am a person who has their life together. Then lunch hits around 12:15, near a drive-thru, whispering "I'll start again Monday" with a mouth full of fries.

Is the diet working? Absolutely not. Is the starting working? Flawlessly. See you Monday.