Al -- Great for you! Damn the torpedoes is right! Even the torpedoes
of people who simply HAVE to give you the latest advice. I think many
people are marred by such advice rather than helped by it.

Seems to me you know what works for you -- so STICK TO IT!

GREAT ATTITUDE!

Yours,

Caleb


Al Rainey wrote in message ...

Our main goal is to be good enough for long enough and to just keep
plugging along.

Yours,

Caleb

I am with you Caleb. All the way. Damn the torpedos and negative talk. I
love your positive attitude and gusto.

I am looking to lose 44 lbs by 1 Jan 2005. This is 2 lbs a week for 22
weeks. I weigh-in each and every Saturday a.m. I tipped the scales
yesterday (7-31-04) @ 201. 2 lbs a week will put me at 157 on New Year's
day.

If all goes according to plan, I will lose ~30 of those lbs during the
100 days to Turkey Day.

How will I do it? Well I already exercise a lot, so that will remain the
same. I will average 2100 calories a day during this time. For me this
breaks down to 1600 calories a day during the week, w/7000 total
calories over the weekend. This comes to 15,000 calories a week or 2142
calories a day. THIS MUST BE ADHERED TO.

Simple and sweet.

Be good enough, long enough.

Al in Nebraska