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Day 31 -- another pound gone
1-31-07
265/246/200 Day 31 of 100 Day Diet, 19 pounds gone Got on my scale just now (wasn't pretty, I can tell you!) and found out I had lost another pound, and so 19 pounds gone since I started this diet and exercise program this month. I don't know how much of the early loss was water, etc., but now it seems to me that real weight is being lost. Of the several times I have lost weight systematically, this is the easiest course so far. I was rereading Michael Fumento's book, "The fat of the land," last night and marked up an early entry: "Most people probably know they are cutting their lives short. They know their weight is damaging their quality of life, by interfering with their ability to play sports, play with their children, or just with getting the mail. Many would be delighted if they were only twenty-five pounds overweight, as I formerly was. But most people, as was the case with me, have no idea what to do. They know they're on a conveyor belt straight to obesity, but have no idea how to get off. We are deluged with so much wrong and useless information that even when we hear or read something scientifically based, we have no idea whether it's accurate or just the same old nonsense." (page xix, underline mine) The recent research from Pennington Biomedical Research Institute (in which Erick Ravussin was a participant) again demonstrates how much "common knowledge" is just wrong. As Will Rogers said, "It's not what we don't know that's going to get us - it's what we know that just ain't so!" The research showed that a calorie is a calorie, that losing weight (at least in those conditions) resulted in a similar loss of muscle and fat regardless of whether the people were exercising, etc. The research also seemed to show that well- conditioned people actually lost less weight than those who weren't well-conditioned and showed that putting on muscle mass did not actually speed up metabolism. (The authors still recommend exercise, however.) Interesting findings! Have a great day and a great month ahead! If you are thinking of being good for only one month this year, then February might well be the month to choose! (It's the shortest month of the year. It's close to the start of the year, and, as Franklin said, "Well begun is half done!" etc.) Yours, Caleb |
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Day 31 -- another pound gone
How much weight do you need to lose all together?
"Caleb" wrote in message oups.com... 1-31-07 265/246/200 Day 31 of 100 Day Diet, 19 pounds gone Got on my scale just now (wasn't pretty, I can tell you!) and found out I had lost another pound, and so 19 pounds gone since I started this diet and exercise program this month. I don't know how much of the early loss was water, etc., but now it seems to me that real weight is being lost. Of the several times I have lost weight systematically, this is the easiest course so far. I was rereading Michael Fumento's book, "The fat of the land," last night and marked up an early entry: "Most people probably know they are cutting their lives short. They know their weight is damaging their quality of life, by interfering with their ability to play sports, play with their children, or just with getting the mail. Many would be delighted if they were only twenty-five pounds overweight, as I formerly was. But most people, as was the case with me, have no idea what to do. They know they're on a conveyor belt straight to obesity, but have no idea how to get off. We are deluged with so much wrong and useless information that even when we hear or read something scientifically based, we have no idea whether it's accurate or just the same old nonsense." (page xix, underline mine) The recent research from Pennington Biomedical Research Institute (in which Erick Ravussin was a participant) again demonstrates how much "common knowledge" is just wrong. As Will Rogers said, "It's not what we don't know that's going to get us - it's what we know that just ain't so!" The research showed that a calorie is a calorie, that losing weight (at least in those conditions) resulted in a similar loss of muscle and fat regardless of whether the people were exercising, etc. The research also seemed to show that well- conditioned people actually lost less weight than those who weren't well-conditioned and showed that putting on muscle mass did not actually speed up metabolism. (The authors still recommend exercise, however.) Interesting findings! Have a great day and a great month ahead! If you are thinking of being good for only one month this year, then February might well be the month to choose! (It's the shortest month of the year. It's close to the start of the year, and, as Franklin said, "Well begun is half done!" etc.) Yours, Caleb |
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Day 31 -- another pound gone
On Feb 3, 9:44 am, "teachrmama" wrote:
How much weight do you need to lose all together? "Caleb" wrote in message oups.com... 1-31-07 265/246/200 Day 31 of 100 Day Diet, 19 pounds gone Got on my scale just now (wasn't pretty, I can tell you!) and found out I had lost another pound, and so 19 pounds gone since I started this diet and exercise program this month. I don't know how much of the early loss was water, etc., but now it seems to me that real weight is being lost. Of the several times I have lost weight systematically, this is the easiest course so far. I was rereading Michael Fumento's book, "The fat of the land," last night and marked up an early entry: "Most people probably know they are cutting their lives short. They know their weight is damaging their quality of life, by interfering with their ability to play sports, play with their children, or just with getting the mail. Many would be delighted if they were only twenty-five pounds overweight, as I formerly was. But most people, as was the case with me, have no idea what to do. They know they're on a conveyor belt straight to obesity, but have no idea how to get off. We are deluged with so much wrong and useless information that even when we hear or read something scientifically based, we have no idea whether it's accurate or just the same old nonsense." (page xix, underline mine) The recent research from Pennington Biomedical Research Institute (in which Erick Ravussin was a participant) again demonstrates how much "common knowledge" is just wrong. As Will Rogers said, "It's not what we don't know that's going to get us - it's what we know that just ain't so!" The research showed that a calorie is a calorie, that losing weight (at least in those conditions) resulted in a similar loss of muscle and fat regardless of whether the people were exercising, etc. The research also seemed to show that well- conditioned people actually lost less weight than those who weren't well-conditioned and showed that putting on muscle mass did not actually speed up metabolism. (The authors still recommend exercise, however.) Interesting findings! Have a great day and a great month ahead! If you are thinking of being good for only one month this year, then February might well be the month to choose! (It's the shortest month of the year. It's close to the start of the year, and, as Franklin said, "Well begun is half done!" etc.) Yours, Caleb Well, I'd like to get down to about 200 or so. I'm on medication for blood pressure and I'd like to get off that. Also I've had a few attacks of gout and those have been less than fun. Frankly, getting rid of 30 pounds would be great (heck -- losing the 19 I've already lost is pretty health-promoting). But I aim to lose at least 40 -- hopefully 65 -- and get down to 200 pounds, hopefully by mid-summer. I'm going to be a bit older by then anyway, so I probably should be a bit healthier as well. I now have numbers on my watch -- 36 over 19, telling me that in 36 days I've lost 19 pounds. The numbers help me maintain focus. Yours truly, Caleb |
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Day 31 -- another pound gone
On Feb 5, 2:08 pm, "Caleb" wrote:
On Feb 3, 9:44 am, "teachrmama" wrote: How much weight do you need to lose all together? "Caleb" wrote in message roups.com... 1-31-07 265/246/200 Day 31 of 100 Day Diet, 19 pounds gone Got on my scale just now (wasn't pretty, I can tell you!) and found out I had lost another pound, and so 19 pounds gone since I started this diet and exercise program this month. I don't know how much of the early loss was water, etc., but now it seems to me that real weight is being lost. Of the several times I have lost weight systematically, this is the easiest course so far. I was rereading Michael Fumento's book, "The fat of the land," last night and marked up an early entry: "Most people probably know they are cutting their lives short. They know their weight is damaging their quality of life, by interfering with their ability to play sports, play with their children, or just with getting the mail. Many would be delighted if they were only twenty-five pounds overweight, as I formerly was. But most people, as was the case with me, have no idea what to do. They know they're on a conveyor belt straight to obesity, but have no idea how to get off. We are deluged with so much wrong and useless information that even when we hear or read something scientifically based, we have no idea whether it's accurate or just the same old nonsense." (page xix, underline mine) The recent research from Pennington Biomedical Research Institute (in which Erick Ravussin was a participant) again demonstrates how much "common knowledge" is just wrong. As Will Rogers said, "It's not what we don't know that's going to get us - it's what we know that just ain't so!" The research showed that a calorie is a calorie, that losing weight (at least in those conditions) resulted in a similar loss of muscle and fat regardless of whether the people were exercising, etc. The research also seemed to show that well- conditioned people actually lost less weight than those who weren't well-conditioned and showed that putting on muscle mass did not actually speed up metabolism. (The authors still recommend exercise, however.) Interesting findings! Have a great day and a great month ahead! If you are thinking of being good for only one month this year, then February might well be the month to choose! (It's the shortest month of the year. It's close to the start of the year, and, as Franklin said, "Well begun is half done!" etc.) Yours, Caleb Well, I'd like to get down to about 200 or so. I'm on medication for blood pressure and I'd like to get off that. Also I've had a few attacks of gout and those have been less than fun. Frankly, getting rid of 30 pounds would be great (heck -- losing the 19 I've already lost is pretty health-promoting). But I aim to lose at least 40 -- hopefully 65 -- and get down to 200 pounds, hopefully by mid-summer. I'm going to be a bit older by then anyway, so I probably should be a bit healthier as well. I now have numbers on my watch -- 36 over 19, telling me that in 36 days I've lost 19 pounds. The numbers help me maintain focus. Yours truly, Caleb- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Losing 19 pounds over 36 days is pretty amazing. There is not way I could do that unless I fast or something. I can't fast so I'm restricting. What's your daily average caloric intake? How much do you burn per day? |
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Day 31 -- another pound gone
On Feb 5, 1:16 pm, "Jenny" wrote:
On Feb 5, 2:08 pm, "Caleb" wrote: On Feb 3, 9:44 am, "teachrmama" wrote: How much weight do you need to lose all together? "Caleb" wrote in message roups.com... 1-31-07 265/246/200 Day 31 of 100 Day Diet, 19 pounds gone Got on my scale just now (wasn't pretty, I can tell you!) and found out I had lost another pound, and so 19 pounds gone since I started this diet and exercise program this month. I don't know how much of the early loss was water, etc., but now it seems to me that real weight is being lost. Of the several times I have lost weight systematically, this is the easiest course so far. I was rereading Michael Fumento's book, "The fat of the land," last night and marked up an early entry: "Most people probably know they are cutting their lives short. They know their weight is damaging their quality of life, by interfering with their ability to play sports, play with their children, or just with getting the mail. Many would be delighted if they were only twenty-five pounds overweight, as I formerly was. But most people, as was the case with me, have no idea what to do. They know they're on a conveyor belt straight to obesity, but have no idea how to get off. We are deluged with so much wrong and useless information that even when we hear or read something scientifically based, we have no idea whether it's accurate or just the same old nonsense." (page xix, underline mine) The recent research from Pennington Biomedical Research Institute (in which Erick Ravussin was a participant) again demonstrates how much "common knowledge" is just wrong. As Will Rogers said, "It's not what we don't know that's going to get us - it's what we know that just ain't so!" The research showed that a calorie is a calorie, that losing weight (at least in those conditions) resulted in a similar loss of muscle and fat regardless of whether the people were exercising, etc. The research also seemed to show that well- conditioned people actually lost less weight than those who weren't well-conditioned and showed that putting on muscle mass did not actually speed up metabolism. (The authors still recommend exercise, however.) Interesting findings! Have a great day and a great month ahead! If you are thinking of being good for only one month this year, then February might well be the month to choose! (It's the shortest month of the year. It's close to the start of the year, and, as Franklin said, "Well begun is half done!" etc.) Yours, Caleb Well, I'd like to get down to about 200 or so. I'm on medication for blood pressure and I'd like to get off that. Also I've had a few attacks of gout and those have been less than fun. Frankly, getting rid of 30 pounds would be great (heck -- losing the 19 I've already lost is pretty health-promoting). But I aim to lose at least 40 -- hopefully 65 -- and get down to 200 pounds, hopefully by mid-summer. I'm going to be a bit older by then anyway, so I probably should be a bit healthier as well. I now have numbers on my watch -- 36 over 19, telling me that in 36 days I've lost 19 pounds. The numbers help me maintain focus. Yours truly, Caleb- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Losing 19 pounds over 36 days is pretty amazing. There is not way I could do that unless I fast or something. I can't fast so I'm restricting. What's your daily average caloric intake? How much do you burn per day? Jenny - - Clearly this is not something you could do and maintain your health, nor is it something anyone with an eating disorder should try to do. (And frankly I am just glad that there is no video-tape of me in the morning climbing on my scales. For me, weight loss is a huge medical plus. I left moderately fat about 40 pounds ago.) Jenny -- You said you would talk to your counselor about your current wishes to lose weight and I applaud you for doing that! I'd give a call as soon as you can and at least describe it to her/him. Your professional -- who knows you and your background better than anyone else, and who certainly has your best wishes at heart -- would really like to know what's going on. Yours truly, Caleb |
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Day 31 -- another pound gone
"Caleb" wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 3, 9:44 am, "teachrmama" wrote: How much weight do you need to lose all together? "Caleb" wrote in message oups.com... 1-31-07 265/246/200 Day 31 of 100 Day Diet, 19 pounds gone Got on my scale just now (wasn't pretty, I can tell you!) and found out I had lost another pound, and so 19 pounds gone since I started this diet and exercise program this month. I don't know how much of the early loss was water, etc., but now it seems to me that real weight is being lost. Of the several times I have lost weight systematically, this is the easiest course so far. I was rereading Michael Fumento's book, "The fat of the land," last night and marked up an early entry: "Most people probably know they are cutting their lives short. They know their weight is damaging their quality of life, by interfering with their ability to play sports, play with their children, or just with getting the mail. Many would be delighted if they were only twenty-five pounds overweight, as I formerly was. But most people, as was the case with me, have no idea what to do. They know they're on a conveyor belt straight to obesity, but have no idea how to get off. We are deluged with so much wrong and useless information that even when we hear or read something scientifically based, we have no idea whether it's accurate or just the same old nonsense." (page xix, underline mine) The recent research from Pennington Biomedical Research Institute (in which Erick Ravussin was a participant) again demonstrates how much "common knowledge" is just wrong. As Will Rogers said, "It's not what we don't know that's going to get us - it's what we know that just ain't so!" The research showed that a calorie is a calorie, that losing weight (at least in those conditions) resulted in a similar loss of muscle and fat regardless of whether the people were exercising, etc. The research also seemed to show that well- conditioned people actually lost less weight than those who weren't well-conditioned and showed that putting on muscle mass did not actually speed up metabolism. (The authors still recommend exercise, however.) Interesting findings! Have a great day and a great month ahead! If you are thinking of being good for only one month this year, then February might well be the month to choose! (It's the shortest month of the year. It's close to the start of the year, and, as Franklin said, "Well begun is half done!" etc.) Yours, Caleb Well, I'd like to get down to about 200 or so. I'm on medication for blood pressure and I'd like to get off that. Also I've had a few attacks of gout and those have been less than fun. Frankly, getting rid of 30 pounds would be great (heck -- losing the 19 I've already lost is pretty health-promoting). But I aim to lose at least 40 -- hopefully 65 -- and get down to 200 pounds, hopefully by mid-summer. I'm going to be a bit older by then anyway, so I probably should be a bit healthier as well. I now have numbers on my watch -- 36 over 19, telling me that in 36 days I've lost 19 pounds. The numbers help me maintain focus. My blood pressure is much better now that I have lost so much weight, so I'm sure yours will be, too. Are you making amy specific plans for maintenance this time around? |
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Day 31 -- another pound gone
On Feb 5, 8:47 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
"Caleb" wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 3, 9:44 am, "teachrmama" wrote: How much weight do you need to lose all together? "Caleb" wrote in message groups.com... 1-31-07 265/246/200 Day 31 of 100 Day Diet, 19 pounds gone Got on my scale just now (wasn't pretty, I can tell you!) and found out I had lost another pound, and so 19 pounds gone since I started this diet and exercise program this month. I don't know how much of the early loss was water, etc., but now it seems to me that real weight is being lost. Of the several times I have lost weight systematically, this is the easiest course so far. I was rereading Michael Fumento's book, "The fat of the land," last night and marked up an early entry: "Most people probably know they are cutting their lives short. They know their weight is damaging their quality of life, by interfering with their ability to play sports, play with their children, or just with getting the mail. Many would be delighted if they were only twenty-five pounds overweight, as I formerly was. But most people, as was the case with me, have no idea what to do. They know they're on a conveyor belt straight to obesity, but have no idea how to get off. We are deluged with so much wrong and useless information that even when we hear or read something scientifically based, we have no idea whether it's accurate or just the same old nonsense." (page xix, underline mine) The recent research from Pennington Biomedical Research Institute (in which Erick Ravussin was a participant) again demonstrates how much "common knowledge" is just wrong. As Will Rogers said, "It's not what we don't know that's going to get us - it's what we know that just ain't so!" The research showed that a calorie is a calorie, that losing weight (at least in those conditions) resulted in a similar loss of muscle and fat regardless of whether the people were exercising, etc. The research also seemed to show that well- conditioned people actually lost less weight than those who weren't well-conditioned and showed that putting on muscle mass did not actually speed up metabolism. (The authors still recommend exercise, however.) Interesting findings! Have a great day and a great month ahead! If you are thinking of being good for only one month this year, then February might well be the month to choose! (It's the shortest month of the year. It's close to the start of the year, and, as Franklin said, "Well begun is half done!" etc.) Yours, Caleb Well, I'd like to get down to about 200 or so. I'm on medication for blood pressure and I'd like to get off that. Also I've had a few attacks of gout and those have been less than fun. Frankly, getting rid of 30 pounds would be great (heck -- losing the 19 I've already lost is pretty health-promoting). But I aim to lose at least 40 -- hopefully 65 -- and get down to 200 pounds, hopefully by mid-summer. I'm going to be a bit older by then anyway, so I probably should be a bit healthier as well. I now have numbers on my watch -- 36 over 19, telling me that in 36 days I've lost 19 pounds. The numbers help me maintain focus. My blood pressure is much better now that I have lost so much weight, so I'm sure yours will be, too. Are you making amy specific plans for maintenance this time around? Teachrmama -- Good for you and your BP! Sure beats a stroke and you'd love to see your daughters graduating from school, have a few kids of their own, etc. (We're not quite grandparents ourselves.) Specific plans -- I think I will have to weigh myself a bit more. It's too easy to ignore the scales until the problem gets to be big, such as my own version of the frog in the pot. Also, get rid of all my bigger clothes. Several other accommodations too. What kind of exercise do you do? Yours, Caleb |
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Day 31 -- another pound gone
On Feb 5, 8:47 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
"Caleb" wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 3, 9:44 am, "teachrmama" wrote: How much weight do you need to lose all together? "Caleb" wrote in message groups.com... 1-31-07 265/246/200 Day 31 of 100 Day Diet, 19 pounds gone Got on my scale just now (wasn't pretty, I can tell you!) and found out I had lost another pound, and so 19 pounds gone since I started this diet and exercise program this month. I don't know how much of the early loss was water, etc., but now it seems to me that real weight is being lost. Of the several times I have lost weight systematically, this is the easiest course so far. I was rereading Michael Fumento's book, "The fat of the land," last night and marked up an early entry: "Most people probably know they are cutting their lives short. They know their weight is damaging their quality of life, by interfering with their ability to play sports, play with their children, or just with getting the mail. Many would be delighted if they were only twenty-five pounds overweight, as I formerly was. But most people, as was the case with me, have no idea what to do. They know they're on a conveyor belt straight to obesity, but have no idea how to get off. We are deluged with so much wrong and useless information that even when we hear or read something scientifically based, we have no idea whether it's accurate or just the same old nonsense." (page xix, underline mine) The recent research from Pennington Biomedical Research Institute (in which Erick Ravussin was a participant) again demonstrates how much "common knowledge" is just wrong. As Will Rogers said, "It's not what we don't know that's going to get us - it's what we know that just ain't so!" The research showed that a calorie is a calorie, that losing weight (at least in those conditions) resulted in a similar loss of muscle and fat regardless of whether the people were exercising, etc. The research also seemed to show that well- conditioned people actually lost less weight than those who weren't well-conditioned and showed that putting on muscle mass did not actually speed up metabolism. (The authors still recommend exercise, however.) Interesting findings! Have a great day and a great month ahead! If you are thinking of being good for only one month this year, then February might well be the month to choose! (It's the shortest month of the year. It's close to the start of the year, and, as Franklin said, "Well begun is half done!" etc.) Yours, Caleb Well, I'd like to get down to about 200 or so. I'm on medication for blood pressure and I'd like to get off that. Also I've had a few attacks of gout and those have been less than fun. Frankly, getting rid of 30 pounds would be great (heck -- losing the 19 I've already lost is pretty health-promoting). But I aim to lose at least 40 -- hopefully 65 -- and get down to 200 pounds, hopefully by mid-summer. I'm going to be a bit older by then anyway, so I probably should be a bit healthier as well. I now have numbers on my watch -- 36 over 19, telling me that in 36 days I've lost 19 pounds. The numbers help me maintain focus. My blood pressure is much better now that I have lost so much weight, so I'm sure yours will be, too. Are you making amy specific plans for maintenance this time around? Oh, another thing I'm doing is taking a picture of myself every Monday (like today) and I'm going to assemble the pictures into a series (with dates and weight) to remind myself of the journey between then and now. I think that will be quite useful for me. Yours, Caleb |
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Day 31 -- another pound gone
"Caleb" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 5, 8:47 pm, "teachrmama" wrote: "Caleb" wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 3, 9:44 am, "teachrmama" wrote: How much weight do you need to lose all together? "Caleb" wrote in message groups.com... 1-31-07 265/246/200 Day 31 of 100 Day Diet, 19 pounds gone Got on my scale just now (wasn't pretty, I can tell you!) and found out I had lost another pound, and so 19 pounds gone since I started this diet and exercise program this month. I don't know how much of the early loss was water, etc., but now it seems to me that real weight is being lost. Of the several times I have lost weight systematically, this is the easiest course so far. I was rereading Michael Fumento's book, "The fat of the land," last night and marked up an early entry: "Most people probably know they are cutting their lives short. They know their weight is damaging their quality of life, by interfering with their ability to play sports, play with their children, or just with getting the mail. Many would be delighted if they were only twenty-five pounds overweight, as I formerly was. But most people, as was the case with me, have no idea what to do. They know they're on a conveyor belt straight to obesity, but have no idea how to get off. We are deluged with so much wrong and useless information that even when we hear or read something scientifically based, we have no idea whether it's accurate or just the same old nonsense." (page xix, underline mine) The recent research from Pennington Biomedical Research Institute (in which Erick Ravussin was a participant) again demonstrates how much "common knowledge" is just wrong. As Will Rogers said, "It's not what we don't know that's going to get us - it's what we know that just ain't so!" The research showed that a calorie is a calorie, that losing weight (at least in those conditions) resulted in a similar loss of muscle and fat regardless of whether the people were exercising, etc. The research also seemed to show that well- conditioned people actually lost less weight than those who weren't well-conditioned and showed that putting on muscle mass did not actually speed up metabolism. (The authors still recommend exercise, however.) Interesting findings! Have a great day and a great month ahead! If you are thinking of being good for only one month this year, then February might well be the month to choose! (It's the shortest month of the year. It's close to the start of the year, and, as Franklin said, "Well begun is half done!" etc.) Yours, Caleb Well, I'd like to get down to about 200 or so. I'm on medication for blood pressure and I'd like to get off that. Also I've had a few attacks of gout and those have been less than fun. Frankly, getting rid of 30 pounds would be great (heck -- losing the 19 I've already lost is pretty health-promoting). But I aim to lose at least 40 -- hopefully 65 -- and get down to 200 pounds, hopefully by mid-summer. I'm going to be a bit older by then anyway, so I probably should be a bit healthier as well. I now have numbers on my watch -- 36 over 19, telling me that in 36 days I've lost 19 pounds. The numbers help me maintain focus. My blood pressure is much better now that I have lost so much weight, so I'm sure yours will be, too. Are you making amy specific plans for maintenance this time around? Teachrmama -- Good for you and your BP! Sure beats a stroke and you'd love to see your daughters graduating from school, have a few kids of their own, etc. (We're not quite grandparents ourselves.) Specific plans -- I think I will have to weigh myself a bit more. It's too easy to ignore the scales until the problem gets to be big, such as my own version of the frog in the pot. Also, get rid of all my bigger clothes. Several other accommodations too. One of the things I am using to encourage myself as I am still losing weight is haveing a "test outfit." Right now, there is a gray corduroy skirt that I am aching to wear--and I'm almost there!! I also have a belt that is not for wearing--I mark it with my waist measurements as I lose. It is fun to see the lines accumulate. I am sure I will use certain items of clothing and this same belt as well as the scale as a adjust into maintenance. Sometimes the scale is not the best way to measure, since a few glasses of weater can throe it off. The fit of my clothes (and the info on my BP monitor) are much better guides. What kind of exercise do you do? During the summer I swam a lot. I love to swim!! I'd forgotten how much. The pool is closed for the winter now--but spring is coming!! I also walk--fast--4 to 5 miles per hour. I have one route that is 3 miles long. And others that are shorter. We have a treadmill and a recumbent exercise bike. And I go to Curves to work out 3 days per week. I exercise every day for at least 30 minutes, no matter what. What kinds of exercise do you engage in? |
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Day 31 -- another pound gone
"Caleb" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 5, 8:47 pm, "teachrmama" wrote: "Caleb" wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 3, 9:44 am, "teachrmama" wrote: How much weight do you need to lose all together? "Caleb" wrote in message groups.com... 1-31-07 265/246/200 Day 31 of 100 Day Diet, 19 pounds gone Got on my scale just now (wasn't pretty, I can tell you!) and found out I had lost another pound, and so 19 pounds gone since I started this diet and exercise program this month. I don't know how much of the early loss was water, etc., but now it seems to me that real weight is being lost. Of the several times I have lost weight systematically, this is the easiest course so far. I was rereading Michael Fumento's book, "The fat of the land," last night and marked up an early entry: "Most people probably know they are cutting their lives short. They know their weight is damaging their quality of life, by interfering with their ability to play sports, play with their children, or just with getting the mail. Many would be delighted if they were only twenty-five pounds overweight, as I formerly was. But most people, as was the case with me, have no idea what to do. They know they're on a conveyor belt straight to obesity, but have no idea how to get off. We are deluged with so much wrong and useless information that even when we hear or read something scientifically based, we have no idea whether it's accurate or just the same old nonsense." (page xix, underline mine) The recent research from Pennington Biomedical Research Institute (in which Erick Ravussin was a participant) again demonstrates how much "common knowledge" is just wrong. As Will Rogers said, "It's not what we don't know that's going to get us - it's what we know that just ain't so!" The research showed that a calorie is a calorie, that losing weight (at least in those conditions) resulted in a similar loss of muscle and fat regardless of whether the people were exercising, etc. The research also seemed to show that well- conditioned people actually lost less weight than those who weren't well-conditioned and showed that putting on muscle mass did not actually speed up metabolism. (The authors still recommend exercise, however.) Interesting findings! Have a great day and a great month ahead! If you are thinking of being good for only one month this year, then February might well be the month to choose! (It's the shortest month of the year. It's close to the start of the year, and, as Franklin said, "Well begun is half done!" etc.) Yours, Caleb Well, I'd like to get down to about 200 or so. I'm on medication for blood pressure and I'd like to get off that. Also I've had a few attacks of gout and those have been less than fun. Frankly, getting rid of 30 pounds would be great (heck -- losing the 19 I've already lost is pretty health-promoting). But I aim to lose at least 40 -- hopefully 65 -- and get down to 200 pounds, hopefully by mid-summer. I'm going to be a bit older by then anyway, so I probably should be a bit healthier as well. I now have numbers on my watch -- 36 over 19, telling me that in 36 days I've lost 19 pounds. The numbers help me maintain focus. My blood pressure is much better now that I have lost so much weight, so I'm sure yours will be, too. Are you making amy specific plans for maintenance this time around? Oh, another thing I'm doing is taking a picture of myself every Monday (like today) and I'm going to assemble the pictures into a series (with dates and weight) to remind myself of the journey between then and now. I think that will be quite useful for me. That sounds good. I avoided the camera for a very long time. Now I don't mind at all. smile |
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