Went up my little hill in the light rain tonight, getting at the top
about 9:15. Quite cold -- maybe 40 degrees or so -- at least that's
what it felt like. (www.wunderground.com said it was 43 degrees just
now) Nice quick walk up the hill.

I'm about to do about ten minutes of work on the computer and then do
a few push-ups, crunchies, light weight lifts and then time for bed.
Toastmasters Speaking club is early tomorrow -- our meeting begins at
6:35 and I'm the Topics Masters.

I hope EVERYONE has a great day tomorrow and a very successful week
and month ahead!

Yours truly,

Caleb

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This is what I posted earlier tonight on ASD, FWIW:

These are the results of the three 100 Day programs I've completed
thus far. (I tried to complete another one but got too involved in
answering messages, etc.)

Starting on 8-17-99 I went from 276 to 226, a loss of 50 pounds.

On 8-10-01, I went from 241 to 200, a lost of 41 pounds, and

On 8-19-02, I went from 239 pounds to 198 pounds.

I'm pretty much on schedule now to match the early schedules - perhaps
a pound behind the lines for the first and third schedule.

All three of these were quite simple to do - very painless - and they
certainly demonstrated to me the effectiveness of calorie restriction
in losing weight. The three programs also demonstrated other things as
well, including:

1. the problems with bad or distractive advice,
2. the need to focus on calories and exercise,
3. the need to just keep at it even if people are highly critical of
what you are doing (it sure is the case that people live in food-toxic
environments),
4. for me, the importance of daily weighing (this might bother some
people but the way I do it is very motivating to me),
5. adopting a simple eating schedule with a limited variety of foods,
and
6. avoiding bread and putting away the alcohol.
(Also, if I eat too much in one day, I try to make up for it in the
next several days.)

I hope never to have to go on a weight control diet after this one but
I sure know how to go about losing weight again if I do gain. Still
then, I sure wish I was at appropriate weight right now, but that will
come in the fullness of time.

Again, this process is just not that painful.

I am more fortunate than most people here on this Usenet group in
terms of losing weight. I'm a guy, and so it's easier for me to lose
weight than it would be for a woman. Also my weight is fairly high -
245 pounds - and so even carrying the extra 45 pounds requires about
585 calories a day (45 times 13). If I were a 130 pound female who
didn't exercise, I'd need only about 130 times 11 calories to maintain
my weight (1430). And any more than that and I probably would put on
some weight (everything else being equal). I could eat 1430 in a big
breakfast and still want another heap of pancakes - at least I could
when I was eating freely. But those days are over. (Sigh!)

On the other hand, I've heard nutritionists say that our dietary goals
in general should be something like 1400 calories for women and 1700
calories for men. Sounds pretty glum to me but, as Franklin said, "We
should eat to live and not live to eat!" I guess, suppose, can
convince myself, etc., that he was right. Death and disability have a
way of ruining our time here on earth. I'd hate to rush out early!

Yours truly,

Caleb
Day 38, 20 pounds gone
265/245/200 (I hope I get to 200 by June) -- actually 200 by June
will probably be tough... But maybe...