Beverly wrote:
"The Historian" wrote in message
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I barely exercised, I ate all the wrong foods, and ate them at odd
times. Vacation can be tough on a dieter. Despite that I lost an
additional 4 and a fraction pounds the past week, bringing me to a
total of 65 pounds lost. Everyone I know was commenting on my weight
loss. What a wounderful feeling!

I arrived back today, about 4:00 PM. after a five hour train ride and .
By 6:30 I was at the gym, trying to get back into my routine. Boy am I
sore! Amazing how quickly the muscles forget what they knew!


A few days off your plan didn't cause any harm and you certainly didn't
waste any time getting back into exercise.

Perhaps I should have waited for a day, but I really missed the
exercise, and my friends at the gym. And I had a fear that the longer I
put off resuming my routine, the less likely I would be to resume it.
Anyone else feel this way?

I did try to exercise. I got in a half-hour on the bike one day at the
hotel's pathetic exercise room, and I managed a 45 minute walk to the
lake and back another day. Unfortunately the only lifting I did last
week was carrying my suitcases and briefcase - it was a 'working'
vacation at the John G. White Collection in the Cleveland Public
Library, so no physical activity was required.

Congratulations on losing while
traveling. It's an area where many of us have problems.

I think some of the weight loss was partial dehydration. I drank much
less water than I normally do, partly because I was not exercising, and
partly because I didn't want to have to stop copying microfilm every
couple of hours. Now that I am back to drinking more than 64 oz of
water daily, I've added back a couple of pounds. Of course, that could
just be a normal day to day swing.

Neil
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