Hi, people. Just thought I'd drop by and mention that I'm still
sticking with it.

Today is the end of 5 weeks on my renewed diet.

Thing are going... ok. My rate of weight loss is disappointingly slow,
but I *have* lost weight, going from 126.4 kg on 7/1 to exactly 123.0
kg this morning. So that's a total of 3.4 kg = 7.5 lb down so far.

That averages to just 1.5 lb/week.

I guess that is ok if you are thinking in the long term. It's just
that at my weight I thought I would lose a bit more.

My average daily calories per day so far, over the weeks, have been
hovering in the 1700 to 1800 range. Because of the 1,000 "bonus
calories" I can distribute throughout the week, sometimes I have more
and sometimes less.

I do think I need to increase exercise. I notice definite improvements
in weight loss on days I merely walk to the station and back.

If Tao was still alive I would be doing multiple dog walks a day...

On another note, my father is doing very poorly, so I will leave for a
family visit to Boston next Tuesday. I might be there for a couple of
months. I think it should actually be easy to stay on my diet there.
There is a huge variety of low-calorie meals to choose from. I'll keep
people posted.

If anybody is in the Boston area, maybe we can get together for a
healthy meal while I'm there.

doug