You're Going The Wrong Way! 269.0 pounds, + 0.0 pounds today, + 3.0 pounds this week, + 15 pounds in 2025, - 64 pounds overall

"You're going the wrong way!"

My favorite quote from one of my favorite movies, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, starring my favorite actor of all time, John Candy. Do you know the scene? John Candy and Steve Martin are driving in the middle of the night, going the wrong way on a highway, and a couple in a car going the right direction on their side of the divided highway are yelling at them to warn them that they are going the wrong way.

The best part of this scene is John Candy's response when Steve Martin shares that what the couple in the other car said. John replies, "How do they know which way we're going?" And then he mocks them by pretending to be drinking, as if that is why they think John and Steve are going the wrong way. It is so funny. 

What's not funny is the reason this scene came to mind for me. I stepped on the scale this morning and immediately as I read the number 269 those words were coming out of my mouth, "You're going the wrong way!" I didn't have to ask how the voice in my head knew which way I was going because it wasn't wrong. 

I traveled to upstate New York for work this week and I ate like there was no tomorrow. Meals with colleagues, meals with customers and prospects, and meals by myself. I could have eaten reasonably but I didn't. Why not? I'm sure there were many reasons, like the company was paying for it, I didn't want to make others feel uncomfortable by my not eating very much, or any other number of reasons.

There is one main reason that comes to mind as to why I ate with abandon, however, and that is I didn't not have a scale with me on the road, therefore, there was no accountability. I've brought my scale with me in the past but I didn't this time, and I was living large. That needs to stop if I'm going to do better when I'm on the road. Yes, it is inconvenient, and yes, I feel like a child who needs this tool to keep me in line because I don't have enough discipline to do this without it. But the reality is that I need that accountability, so I can't be without it if I want to succeed. 

Whatever works for you I encourage you do to it. For me it is bringing my scale on the road with me. For you, it might be something else. Whatever it is, do it. You owe it to yourself. 

Let's do this together, whether you are at home or on the road.