AR 600-9 and Christmas.

Well, I have been on block leave a little more than a week. I haven’t done a darned thing other than take a DA Photo either. All the Christmas shopping is done, the kids went to see the real Santa at the actual North Pole, and we have sent out all the requisite gift cards/photos/cards to the friends and relatives.

The Breakfast of Champions

Now, for the last couple of weeks, my wife has been in bake-a-holic mode, especially since she got an early Christmas gift. Brownies, cookies, pralines, monkey bread, you name it. The problem is that I have been eating most of it.

I have come to the conclusion that AR 600-9 is the mortal enemy of the holiday season as there is no way that I can maintain weight control and continue to inhale all the goodies around this house. What to do!?

*Note: AR 600-9 is the Army Weight Control Program. It basically sets the fat percentage allowed by age and the programs, restrictions, and such that occurs if you break it. Lucky I am getting old and I’m tall.