Day 66 and 29 pounds gone. Another pound gone last night.
 

3-7-07
Day 66 and 29 pounds gone
265/236/200

Got on my scale this morning and saw that another pound had gone. Am
now at 236 with 29 pounds gone. Close to the 30 pound gone mark.

I'm happy with the progress made - this is almost 2/3 of the way
through 100 days and I have still maintained task focus quite well.
Every straying off the reservation has been followed by a return to
the basic activities of dieting and some exercise.

I was driving south on I-5 yesterday, just south of Portland, OR and
my left rear tire came off - the whole wheel. Somehow the lug nuts had
loosened themselves, and as the left back end of the cars started
screeching on the road I saw my tire pass me on the left and then roll
into the right side of the apron on the left. I was already in the far
right hand lane and I pulled over further onto the apron and stopped.
When the wheel went by me, I thought, "Oh, no!" But that ended when
the wheel died on the side of the road, safe from traffic. AAA took
me to a garage near our home and, on the whole, the whole ordeal could
not have ended better than it did. I guess this is kind of a metaphor
for maintaining focus about what's important, and for me at that point
it was the safety of myself and having that tire stay the heck off the
road. Even my little car was less important to me than the tire, which
might have caused injuries, etc.

I hope everyone checks their car's lug nuts! (As Alice might have
said, "What a curious experience!") And that everyone can maintain
task focus to get to where they want to be!

Yours truly,

Caleb