Report from Boston

Hi, people. I just wanted to touch base, even though I didn't post a
regular "weigh-in" report on Friday.

My family were VERY surprised when I showed up here in Boston! And
thanks to the person in the donut shop I-don't-know-where who led a
very lost person around the maze of Boston after I got so confused by
the roads you can't imagine.

My sister didn't have a scale, so I bought her the same one I got for
myself in St. Louis. It seems to be different by about 1 lb from the
one there, but I'm not sure. I probably will never know.

It seemed for the first few days here I was gaining weight! I am not
sure why. I definitely was sticking to within my calorie limits. But I
was eating lots of "fake sweet" things my sister likes keeping in the
house, like artificially sweetened fudgesicles (80 calories each). The
scale was showing me gaining about 2 lb in a few days (!) so all I did
was stop eating those and my weight dropped right down again.

Are the calories on those artificially sweetened ice creams accurate?

Anyway, my diet is going well. For Thanksgiving I got a pre-packed box
of Tyson Turkey slices in gravy (380 calories for the box) and heated
it in the microwave. I was perfectly happy, and had a very low calorie
Thanksgiving.

I went to get some new shirts and I am definitely well within the L
range now. The saleslady eyeballed me and said "medium or L size".
Anyway, an ordinary L sized shirt I got yesterday seems to be just fine
on me - reasonably loose and comfortable, without being too large. 16
neck / 32-33. I never used to pay any attention at all to shirt size
details like that - basically whatever tent would drape me was fine.
That was because measuring my neck was ridiculous - it was my torso and
stomach that would not fit in! But now the standard measurements
seem to work, so great! I might even be a medium at some point...

Waist size seems to be 36" now for a comfortable pants fit. I think I
was like 52" when I started!

More later...

doug

doug lerner wrote:
Hi, people. I just wanted to touch base, even though I didn't post a
regular "weigh-in" report on Friday.

My family were VERY surprised when I showed up here in Boston! And
thanks to the person in the donut shop I-don't-know-where who led a
very lost person around the maze of Boston after I got so confused by
the roads you can't imagine.

My sister didn't have a scale, so I bought her the same one I got for
myself in St. Louis. It seems to be different by about 1 lb from the
one there, but I'm not sure. I probably will never know.

It seemed for the first few days here I was gaining weight! I am not
sure why. I definitely was sticking to within my calorie limits. But I
was eating lots of "fake sweet" things my sister likes keeping in the
house, like artificially sweetened fudgesicles (80 calories each). The
scale was showing me gaining about 2 lb in a few days (!) so all I did
was stop eating those and my weight dropped right down again.

Are the calories on those artificially sweetened ice creams accurate?

Anyway, my diet is going well. For Thanksgiving I got a pre-packed box
of Tyson Turkey slices in gravy (380 calories for the box) and heated
it in the microwave. I was perfectly happy, and had a very low calorie
Thanksgiving.

I went to get some new shirts and I am definitely well within the L
range now. The saleslady eyeballed me and said "medium or L size".
Anyway, an ordinary L sized shirt I got yesterday seems to be just fine
on me - reasonably loose and comfortable, without being too large. 16
neck / 32-33. I never used to pay any attention at all to shirt size
details like that - basically whatever tent would drape me was fine.
That was because measuring my neck was ridiculous - it was my torso and
stomach that would not fit in! But now the standard measurements
seem to work, so great! I might even be a medium at some point...

Waist size seems to be 36" now for a comfortable pants fit. I think I
was like 52" when I started!

More later...

doug

Congratulations!

Doug, what is your current weight? I'm trying to match sizes to weights
so I can better estimate what I may wind up at.

Neil
385/280/220
46" waist
size 18 shirt

great to hear from you, sounds like it is going nicely. as to the
fudgecicles... I am beginning to think part of my not losing was using
splenda, it appears that if I lay off it I do much better, like my body
treats it just like white sugar, you may not be able to eat them for water
retention, Lee, waiting for your call when you get back to STL...
doug lerner wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, people. I just wanted to touch base, even though I didn't post a
regular "weigh-in" report on Friday.

My family were VERY surprised when I showed up here in Boston! And
thanks to the person in the donut shop I-don't-know-where who led a
very lost person around the maze of Boston after I got so confused by
the roads you can't imagine.

My sister didn't have a scale, so I bought her the same one I got for
myself in St. Louis. It seems to be different by about 1 lb from the
one there, but I'm not sure. I probably will never know.

It seemed for the first few days here I was gaining weight! I am not
sure why. I definitely was sticking to within my calorie limits. But I
was eating lots of "fake sweet" things my sister likes keeping in the
house, like artificially sweetened fudgesicles (80 calories each). The
scale was showing me gaining about 2 lb in a few days (!) so all I did
was stop eating those and my weight dropped right down again.

Are the calories on those artificially sweetened ice creams accurate?

Anyway, my diet is going well. For Thanksgiving I got a pre-packed box
of Tyson Turkey slices in gravy (380 calories for the box) and heated
it in the microwave. I was perfectly happy, and had a very low calorie
Thanksgiving.

I went to get some new shirts and I am definitely well within the L
range now. The saleslady eyeballed me and said "medium or L size".
Anyway, an ordinary L sized shirt I got yesterday seems to be just fine
on me - reasonably loose and comfortable, without being too large. 16
neck / 32-33. I never used to pay any attention at all to shirt size
details like that - basically whatever tent would drape me was fine.
That was because measuring my neck was ridiculous - it was my torso and
stomach that would not fit in! But now the standard measurements
seem to work, so great! I might even be a medium at some point...

Waist size seems to be 36" now for a comfortable pants fit. I think I
was like 52" when I started!

More later...

doug

Doing well as always...I can't say how honest the calories are but I eat
them as well and find it fills a gap...Still 1 or 2 points
each...Anyway...Enjoy your trip...GG

"doug lerner" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, people. I just wanted to touch base, even though I didn't post a
regular "weigh-in" report on Friday.

My family were VERY surprised when I showed up here in Boston! And
thanks to the person in the donut shop I-don't-know-where who led a
very lost person around the maze of Boston after I got so confused by
the roads you can't imagine.

My sister didn't have a scale, so I bought her the same one I got for
myself in St. Louis. It seems to be different by about 1 lb from the
one there, but I'm not sure. I probably will never know.

It seemed for the first few days here I was gaining weight! I am not
sure why. I definitely was sticking to within my calorie limits. But I
was eating lots of "fake sweet" things my sister likes keeping in the
house, like artificially sweetened fudgesicles (80 calories each). The
scale was showing me gaining about 2 lb in a few days (!) so all I did
was stop eating those and my weight dropped right down again.

Are the calories on those artificially sweetened ice creams accurate?

Anyway, my diet is going well. For Thanksgiving I got a pre-packed box
of Tyson Turkey slices in gravy (380 calories for the box) and heated
it in the microwave. I was perfectly happy, and had a very low calorie
Thanksgiving.

I went to get some new shirts and I am definitely well within the L
range now. The saleslady eyeballed me and said "medium or L size".
Anyway, an ordinary L sized shirt I got yesterday seems to be just fine
on me - reasonably loose and comfortable, without being too large. 16
neck / 32-33. I never used to pay any attention at all to shirt size
details like that - basically whatever tent would drape me was fine.
That was because measuring my neck was ridiculous - it was my torso and
stomach that would not fit in! But now the standard measurements
seem to work, so great! I might even be a medium at some point...

Waist size seems to be 36" now for a comfortable pants fit. I think I
was like 52" when I started!

More later...

doug

Way to go, Doug!!! (Watch out, medium. Here he comes!!)

"doug lerner" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, people. I just wanted to touch base, even though I didn't post a
regular "weigh-in" report on Friday.

My family were VERY surprised when I showed up here in Boston! And
thanks to the person in the donut shop I-don't-know-where who led a
very lost person around the maze of Boston after I got so confused by
the roads you can't imagine.

My sister didn't have a scale, so I bought her the same one I got for
myself in St. Louis. It seems to be different by about 1 lb from the
one there, but I'm not sure. I probably will never know.

It seemed for the first few days here I was gaining weight! I am not
sure why. I definitely was sticking to within my calorie limits. But I
was eating lots of "fake sweet" things my sister likes keeping in the
house, like artificially sweetened fudgesicles (80 calories each). The
scale was showing me gaining about 2 lb in a few days (!) so all I did
was stop eating those and my weight dropped right down again.

Are the calories on those artificially sweetened ice creams accurate?

Anyway, my diet is going well. For Thanksgiving I got a pre-packed box
of Tyson Turkey slices in gravy (380 calories for the box) and heated
it in the microwave. I was perfectly happy, and had a very low calorie
Thanksgiving.

I went to get some new shirts and I am definitely well within the L
range now. The saleslady eyeballed me and said "medium or L size".
Anyway, an ordinary L sized shirt I got yesterday seems to be just fine
on me - reasonably loose and comfortable, without being too large. 16
neck / 32-33. I never used to pay any attention at all to shirt size
details like that - basically whatever tent would drape me was fine.
That was because measuring my neck was ridiculous - it was my torso and
stomach that would not fit in! But now the standard measurements
seem to work, so great! I might even be a medium at some point...

Waist size seems to be 36" now for a comfortable pants fit. I think I
was like 52" when I started!

More later...

doug

Doug, I think the calories are honest but the ingredients may affect
your water retention. Also weight just fluctuates no matter what you
do. My weight was down the day after Thanksgiving but then up again on
Saturday. One of my friends at my regular meeting brought in an empty
container of the Tysons turkey and gravy. She thinks it's very good. I
am still grazy on Thanksgiving food but decided that yesterday was my
last day for pie.
Audrey


"doug lerner" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, people. I just wanted to touch base, even though I didn't post a
regular "weigh-in" report on Friday.

My family were VERY surprised when I showed up here in Boston! And
thanks to the person in the donut shop I-don't-know-where who led a
very lost person around the maze of Boston after I got so confused by
the roads you can't imagine.

My sister didn't have a scale, so I bought her the same one I got for
myself in St. Louis. It seems to be different by about 1 lb from the
one there, but I'm not sure. I probably will never know.

It seemed for the first few days here I was gaining weight! I am not
sure why. I definitely was sticking to within my calorie limits. But I
was eating lots of "fake sweet" things my sister likes keeping in the
house, like artificially sweetened fudgesicles (80 calories each). The
scale was showing me gaining about 2 lb in a few days (!) so all I did
was stop eating those and my weight dropped right down again.

Are the calories on those artificially sweetened ice creams accurate?

Anyway, my diet is going well. For Thanksgiving I got a pre-packed box
of Tyson Turkey slices in gravy (380 calories for the box) and heated
it in the microwave. I was perfectly happy, and had a very low calorie
Thanksgiving.

I went to get some new shirts and I am definitely well within the L
range now. The saleslady eyeballed me and said "medium or L size".
Anyway, an ordinary L sized shirt I got yesterday seems to be just
fine
on me - reasonably loose and comfortable, without being too large. 16
neck / 32-33. I never used to pay any attention at all to shirt size
details like that - basically whatever tent would drape me was fine.
That was because measuring my neck was ridiculous - it was my torso
and
stomach that would not fit in! But now the standard measurements
seem to work, so great! I might even be a medium at some point...

Waist size seems to be 36" now for a comfortable pants fit. I think I
was like 52" when I started!

More later...

doug

Those "fake sweets" are generally loaded with sodium..
Will~

"Stormmee" wrote in message
...
great to hear from you, sounds like it is going nicely. as to the
fudgecicles... I am beginning to think part of my not losing was using
splenda, it appears that if I lay off it I do much better, like my body
treats it just like white sugar, you may not be able to eat them for water
retention, Lee, waiting for your call when you get back to STL...
doug lerner wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, people. I just wanted to touch base, even though I didn't post a
regular "weigh-in" report on Friday.

My family were VERY surprised when I showed up here in Boston! And
thanks to the person in the donut shop I-don't-know-where who led a
very lost person around the maze of Boston after I got so confused by
the roads you can't imagine.

My sister didn't have a scale, so I bought her the same one I got for
myself in St. Louis. It seems to be different by about 1 lb from the
one there, but I'm not sure. I probably will never know.

It seemed for the first few days here I was gaining weight! I am not
sure why. I definitely was sticking to within my calorie limits. But I
was eating lots of "fake sweet" things my sister likes keeping in the
house, like artificially sweetened fudgesicles (80 calories each). The
scale was showing me gaining about 2 lb in a few days (!) so all I did
was stop eating those and my weight dropped right down again.

Are the calories on those artificially sweetened ice creams accurate?

Anyway, my diet is going well. For Thanksgiving I got a pre-packed box
of Tyson Turkey slices in gravy (380 calories for the box) and heated
it in the microwave. I was perfectly happy, and had a very low calorie
Thanksgiving.

I went to get some new shirts and I am definitely well within the L
range now. The saleslady eyeballed me and said "medium or L size".
Anyway, an ordinary L sized shirt I got yesterday seems to be just fine
on me - reasonably loose and comfortable, without being too large. 16
neck / 32-33. I never used to pay any attention at all to shirt size
details like that - basically whatever tent would drape me was fine.
That was because measuring my neck was ridiculous - it was my torso and
stomach that would not fit in! But now the standard measurements
seem to work, so great! I might even be a medium at some point...

Waist size seems to be 36" now for a comfortable pants fit. I think I
was like 52" when I started!

More later...

doug

I have 3 types here and all are low in sodium 40,...50,,,and 70 mgs...I'm
only speaking of the ice cream...Maybe your referring to candy
"Willow Herself" wrote in
message om...
Those "fake sweets" are generally loaded with sodium..
Will~

"Stormmee" wrote in message
...
great to hear from you, sounds like it is going nicely. as to the
fudgecicles... I am beginning to think part of my not losing was using
splenda, it appears that if I lay off it I do much better, like my body
treats it just like white sugar, you may not be able to eat them for
water
retention, Lee, waiting for your call when you get back to STL...
doug lerner wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, people. I just wanted to touch base, even though I didn't post a
regular "weigh-in" report on Friday.

My family were VERY surprised when I showed up here in Boston! And
thanks to the person in the donut shop I-don't-know-where who led a
very lost person around the maze of Boston after I got so confused by
the roads you can't imagine.

My sister didn't have a scale, so I bought her the same one I got for
myself in St. Louis. It seems to be different by about 1 lb from the
one there, but I'm not sure. I probably will never know.

It seemed for the first few days here I was gaining weight! I am not
sure why. I definitely was sticking to within my calorie limits. But I
was eating lots of "fake sweet" things my sister likes keeping in the
house, like artificially sweetened fudgesicles (80 calories each). The
scale was showing me gaining about 2 lb in a few days (!) so all I did
was stop eating those and my weight dropped right down again.

Are the calories on those artificially sweetened ice creams accurate?

Anyway, my diet is going well. For Thanksgiving I got a pre-packed box
of Tyson Turkey slices in gravy (380 calories for the box) and heated
it in the microwave. I was perfectly happy, and had a very low calorie
Thanksgiving.

I went to get some new shirts and I am definitely well within the L
range now. The saleslady eyeballed me and said "medium or L size".
Anyway, an ordinary L sized shirt I got yesterday seems to be just fine
on me - reasonably loose and comfortable, without being too large. 16
neck / 32-33. I never used to pay any attention at all to shirt size
details like that - basically whatever tent would drape me was fine.
That was because measuring my neck was ridiculous - it was my torso and
stomach that would not fit in! But now the standard measurements
seem to work, so great! I might even be a medium at some point...

Waist size seems to be 36" now for a comfortable pants fit. I think I
was like 52" when I started!

More later...

doug

The Smart ones and the "skinny cow" ones used to be.. maybe they aren't
anymore, I haven't looked at them in a while (don't use them much anymore)..

Will~

"Gary G" wrote in message
...
I have 3 types here and all are low in sodium 40,...50,,,and 70 mgs...I'm
only speaking of the ice cream...Maybe your referring to candy
"Willow Herself" wrote in
message om...
Those "fake sweets" are generally loaded with sodium..
Will~

"Stormmee" wrote in message
...
great to hear from you, sounds like it is going nicely. as to the
fudgecicles... I am beginning to think part of my not losing was using
splenda, it appears that if I lay off it I do much better, like my body
treats it just like white sugar, you may not be able to eat them for
water
retention, Lee, waiting for your call when you get back to STL...
doug lerner wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, people. I just wanted to touch base, even though I didn't post a
regular "weigh-in" report on Friday.

My family were VERY surprised when I showed up here in Boston! And
thanks to the person in the donut shop I-don't-know-where who led a
very lost person around the maze of Boston after I got so confused by
the roads you can't imagine.

My sister didn't have a scale, so I bought her the same one I got for
myself in St. Louis. It seems to be different by about 1 lb from the
one there, but I'm not sure. I probably will never know.

It seemed for the first few days here I was gaining weight! I am not
sure why. I definitely was sticking to within my calorie limits. But I
was eating lots of "fake sweet" things my sister likes keeping in the
house, like artificially sweetened fudgesicles (80 calories each). The
scale was showing me gaining about 2 lb in a few days (!) so all I did
was stop eating those and my weight dropped right down again.

Are the calories on those artificially sweetened ice creams accurate?

Anyway, my diet is going well. For Thanksgiving I got a pre-packed box
of Tyson Turkey slices in gravy (380 calories for the box) and heated
it in the microwave. I was perfectly happy, and had a very low calorie
Thanksgiving.

I went to get some new shirts and I am definitely well within the L
range now. The saleslady eyeballed me and said "medium or L size".
Anyway, an ordinary L sized shirt I got yesterday seems to be just fine
on me - reasonably loose and comfortable, without being too large. 16
neck / 32-33. I never used to pay any attention at all to shirt size
details like that - basically whatever tent would drape me was fine.
That was because measuring my neck was ridiculous - it was my torso and
stomach that would not fit in! But now the standard measurements
seem to work, so great! I might even be a medium at some point...

Waist size seems to be 36" now for a comfortable pants fit. I think I
was like 52" when I started!

More later...

doug

I like them...What treat do you look forward to?...GG
"Willow Herself" wrote in
message et...
The Smart ones and the "skinny cow" ones used to be.. maybe they aren't
anymore, I haven't looked at them in a while (don't use them much
anymore)..

Will~

"Gary G" wrote in message
...
I have 3 types here and all are low in sodium 40,...50,,,and 70 mgs...I'm
only speaking of the ice cream...Maybe your referring to candy
"Willow Herself" wrote in
message om...
Those "fake sweets" are generally loaded with sodium..
Will~

"Stormmee" wrote in message
...
great to hear from you, sounds like it is going nicely. as to the
fudgecicles... I am beginning to think part of my not losing was using
splenda, it appears that if I lay off it I do much better, like my body
treats it just like white sugar, you may not be able to eat them for
water
retention, Lee, waiting for your call when you get back to STL...
doug lerner wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi, people. I just wanted to touch base, even though I didn't post a
regular "weigh-in" report on Friday.

My family were VERY surprised when I showed up here in Boston! And
thanks to the person in the donut shop I-don't-know-where who led a
very lost person around the maze of Boston after I got so confused by
the roads you can't imagine.

My sister didn't have a scale, so I bought her the same one I got for
myself in St. Louis. It seems to be different by about 1 lb from the
one there, but I'm not sure. I probably will never know.

It seemed for the first few days here I was gaining weight! I am not
sure why. I definitely was sticking to within my calorie limits. But I
was eating lots of "fake sweet" things my sister likes keeping in the
house, like artificially sweetened fudgesicles (80 calories each). The
scale was showing me gaining about 2 lb in a few days (!) so all I did
was stop eating those and my weight dropped right down again.

Are the calories on those artificially sweetened ice creams accurate?

Anyway, my diet is going well. For Thanksgiving I got a pre-packed box
of Tyson Turkey slices in gravy (380 calories for the box) and heated
it in the microwave. I was perfectly happy, and had a very low calorie
Thanksgiving.

I went to get some new shirts and I am definitely well within the L
range now. The saleslady eyeballed me and said "medium or L size".
Anyway, an ordinary L sized shirt I got yesterday seems to be just
fine
on me - reasonably loose and comfortable, without being too large. 16
neck / 32-33. I never used to pay any attention at all to shirt size
details like that - basically whatever tent would drape me was fine.
That was because measuring my neck was ridiculous - it was my torso
and
stomach that would not fit in! But now the standard measurements
seem to work, so great! I might even be a medium at some point...

Waist size seems to be 36" now for a comfortable pants fit. I think I
was like 52" when I started!

More later...

doug