Mr John has paid much attention to his weight reduction programs. Just last year, for example, when he was the main speaker at the company dinner, he said he had put on 30 pounds instead of losing the forty he had promised he would. The year before that, he joined a health club. He exercised every day and ate less food. After three months however he began making excuses about why he couldn't go there more often. As the health club failed to work, he joined Weight Watchers but stopped going because he was the only man there. And he hates following any of the diet programs. John's latest action is to join a walking club to 'walk off' the weight. He was ______ when he spoke at the company dinner last year.