Day 19 of 100 Days to Thanksgiving

Day 19 of 100 Days to Thanksgiving
253/240/195

Got on my scale a few minutes ago and found that two more pounds were
gone - so thus far, 13 pounds are gone in 19 days. I know that the
weight loss will slow greatly over time, but it is fun watching the
pounds go away. I knew last night that I probably would weigh less this
morning and that was fun to wake up to.

I went up my little hill last night with my 25 pound weight in my
backpack and made it up in 30 minutes exactly (30 seconds off my best
before that) with only nose-breathing. It was quite a bit easier than
several days ago and acclimation to the task has been quite fast.

Had about 900 calories yesterday all in a dinner. I'm happy with
that.

Several years ago on ASD I surveyed people who had lost a lot of weight
about the importance of the various techniques they employed and these
are the results of that survey. (I find it quite useful.)

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11-6-02

Reposting of the results of survey of several days ago. (If anyone else

would like to add things, I'll incorporate it into an update of the
results.) Also, I noticed an error in the frequency that the good
"losers"
weighed themselves.

15 people answered. The following is a ranking of the importance of the

following items (higher number indicating greater importance):
1. Increasing exercise - 9.9
2. Restricting calories - 8.6
3. Attempting to keep one's approach simple - 7.5
4. Regular weighing - 7.1
5. Restricting portion size - 7.0
6. Emphasizing weight training - 6.6
7. Getting help from those in one's environment - 5.5
8. Restricting carbohydrates - 5.2
9. Avoiding tempting situations - 5.2
10. Following a low-fat diet - 4.7
11. Using measures other than weight scales - 4.4
12. Restricting food choices - 4.0

(The order of the above was unchanged with the last person's data
entered.)
Correction on my previous posting -- the median number of times a
month
people weighed themselves was 30. This indicates that in the range of
numbers indicating how often people weighed themselves, the number "30"
was
in the middle. (A lot of people did not specify how many times a month
they
weighed themselves, but of the people who did, "30" was the median.)
....

Among other interesting responses were the different ways of measuring
progress, including tape-measures, percent body-fat, how clothes fit,
waist-band fit, etc.

In terms of general suggestions, the following were suggested by
people:
keeping a positive outlook, emphasizing health, striving for
consistency
over time with calorie deficits, a free day a week during which one
doesn't
worry too much about calories, a Zig-Zag approach, avoiding foods that
are
packaged and/or advertised, etc.

Again, a very interesting survey!

Thanks for everyone's input!

Yours,

Caleb
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It seems to me that it's the old "tried and true" approaches that
have worked for people over time.

Anyway, have a great month and I hope every finds an approach that
works for her/him and sticks with it long enough to reach their goals!

Yours,

Caleb