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Day 10 of 100 Days
Day 10 of 100 Days
I got on my scale just now and weighed 234, so 2 pounds gone in 10 days. Yesterday I had about 860 calories (a bit more than I wanted to) and I have to practice not opening the fridge at night. Even so, that calorie mark is okay with me, especially given my walk up my hill last evening (which burns about 300 calories, I think). If I take in 1000 calories a day (not including extra calories to make up for my walk up my hill), I should be losing about three and a half pounds a week or so. So I just have to keep doing it day in and day out, week in and week out, etc., until I have made the progress I want to make. 100 Days is just not that far away, and Thanksgiving will come anyway – it might as well find me healthier, lighter than I am now. I do think that this weight loss program will accelerate a bit for me in the weeks ahead, as I'm finding ways to drive my daily calorie count down and as possible dehydration from hiking before the start of my 100 Days (which artificially lowered my start weight) is now well behind me. This morning in bed my pulse rate was about 48 BPM. That indicates to me that exercise and a low calorie approach are both working together. (My pulse rate is usually in the high 50's or low 60's in the morning.) My appetite is pretty well gone and I no longer miss beer, bread, burgers, snacks, etc. There is a terrific story about the tennis player, Bill Tilden, when he was asked to write a book. He thought and thought and wrote a line, "Never change a winning game!" And his publisher that that was great! Terrific! Almost there! And said to Tilden, "You know our book needs just a little bit more – what else can you think of that we should put in the book?" And Tilden thought some more, wrote down another line, gave it to his publisher, and the publisher said, "This is great! Let's write the book and publish." The second line was: "Always change a losing game." In dieting it strikes me that focused people trying to lose weight very often violate the first of these two precepts – that is, they stop doing the things that are effective for them because they find it difficult to be consistent over the long run. Perhaps they've heard the latest "friendly advice" from TV or other experts who simply have to tell them how to improve their lives, etc. (Reminds me of the singer/math professor Tom Lehrer line about philosophers giving advice on happiness to people who are happier than they are.) Our job is to find out what works for us – not for someone else – and then to stick with it long enough for it to be effective for us. The laws of physics require that with few enough calories (especially if we engage in exercise), we will lose substantial amounts of weight. All the rest is details. Joe Pesci, from the movie "My cousin Vinnie" confronts a befuddled witness to ask him how his grits could cook so fast. "How is it that you can cook grits in 5 minutes when it takes the rest of the grit-eating public 20 minutes to cook their grits? Are the laws of physics suspended in your kitchen?" Well, the laws of physics aren't suspended in my kitchen. If I eat more than I burn, I grow fatter. If I eat less, then I lose weight. The rest is details. (Although I do take a multivitamin tablet daily.) I hope everyone has an effective approach and that he/she sticks with it long enough for it to be effective! Yours, Caleb 236/234/190 |
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Grrr. Stuck at 209 pounds. Must pray more to the lottery ticket goddess. She
will help me! Lazy 223/209/175. On 8/25/04 9:39 AM, "Kalepa" wrote: Day 10 of 100 Days I got on my scale just now and weighed 234, so 2 pounds gone in 10 days. Yesterday I had about 860 calories (a bit more than I wanted to) and I have to practice not opening the fridge at night. Even so, that calorie mark is okay with me, especially given my walk up my hill last evening (which burns about 300 calories, I think). If I take in 1000 calories a day (not including extra calories to make up for my walk up my hill), I should be losing about three and a half pounds a week or so. So I just have to keep doing it day in and day out, week in and week out, etc., until I have made the progress I want to make. 100 Days is just not that far away, and Thanksgiving will come anyway – it might as well find me healthier, lighter than I am now. I do think that this weight loss program will accelerate a bit for me in the weeks ahead, as I'm finding ways to drive my daily calorie count down and as possible dehydration from hiking before the start of my 100 Days (which artificially lowered my start weight) is now well behind me. This morning in bed my pulse rate was about 48 BPM. That indicates to me that exercise and a low calorie approach are both working together. (My pulse rate is usually in the high 50's or low 60's in the morning.) My appetite is pretty well gone and I no longer miss beer, bread, burgers, snacks, etc. There is a terrific story about the tennis player, Bill Tilden, when he was asked to write a book. He thought and thought and wrote a line, "Never change a winning game!" And his publisher that that was great! Terrific! Almost there! And said to Tilden, "You know our book needs just a little bit more – what else can you think of that we should put in the book?" And Tilden thought some more, wrote down another line, gave it to his publisher, and the publisher said, "This is great! Let's write the book and publish." The second line was: "Always change a losing game." In dieting it strikes me that focused people trying to lose weight very often violate the first of these two precepts – that is, they stop doing the things that are effective for them because they find it difficult to be consistent over the long run. Perhaps they've heard the latest "friendly advice" from TV or other experts who simply have to tell them how to improve their lives, etc. (Reminds me of the singer/math professor Tom Lehrer line about philosophers giving advice on happiness to people who are happier than they are.) Our job is to find out what works for us – not for someone else – and then to stick with it long enough for it to be effective for us. The laws of physics require that with few enough calories (especially if we engage in exercise), we will lose substantial amounts of weight. All the rest is details. Joe Pesci, from the movie "My cousin Vinnie" confronts a befuddled witness to ask him how his grits could cook so fast. "How is it that you can cook grits in 5 minutes when it takes the rest of the grit-eating public 20 minutes to cook their grits? Are the laws of physics suspended in your kitchen?" Well, the laws of physics aren't suspended in my kitchen. If I eat more than I burn, I grow fatter. If I eat less, then I lose weight. The rest is details. (Although I do take a multivitamin tablet daily.) I hope everyone has an effective approach and that he/she sticks with it long enough for it to be effective! Yours, Caleb 236/234/190 -- |
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Lazy -- GREAT NUMBERS!!!
Keep it up! You're chugging along great! Looking at it from the perspective of several months, you have GOT to be very, very pleased with your progress! Supah! (as a New Zealand friend used to say) Yours, Caleb LazyEights wrote in message ... Grrr. Stuck at 209 pounds. Must pray more to the lottery ticket goddess. She will help me! Lazy 223/209/175. On 8/25/04 9:39 AM, "Kalepa" wrote: Day 10 of 100 Days I got on my scale just now and weighed 234, so 2 pounds gone in 10 days. Yesterday I had about 860 calories (a bit more than I wanted to) and I have to practice not opening the fridge at night. Even so, that calorie mark is okay with me, especially given my walk up my hill last evening (which burns about 300 calories, I think). If I take in 1000 calories a day (not including extra calories to make up for my walk up my hill), I should be losing about three and a half pounds a week or so. So I just have to keep doing it day in and day out, week in and week out, etc., until I have made the progress I want to make. 100 Days is just not that far away, and Thanksgiving will come anyway ? it might as well find me healthier, lighter than I am now. I do think that this weight loss program will accelerate a bit for me in the weeks ahead, as I'm finding ways to drive my daily calorie count down and as possible dehydration from hiking before the start of my 100 Days (which artificially lowered my start weight) is now well behind me. This morning in bed my pulse rate was about 48 BPM. That indicates to me that exercise and a low calorie approach are both working together. (My pulse rate is usually in the high 50's or low 60's in the morning.) My appetite is pretty well gone and I no longer miss beer, bread, burgers, snacks, etc. There is a terrific story about the tennis player, Bill Tilden, when he was asked to write a book. He thought and thought and wrote a line, "Never change a winning game!" And his publisher that that was great! Terrific! Almost there! And said to Tilden, "You know our book needs just a little bit more ? what else can you think of that we should put in the book?" And Tilden thought some more, wrote down another line, gave it to his publisher, and the publisher said, "This is great! Let's write the book and publish." The second line was: "Always change a losing game." In dieting it strikes me that focused people trying to lose weight very often violate the first of these two precepts ? that is, they stop doing the things that are effective for them because they find it difficult to be consistent over the long run. Perhaps they've heard the latest "friendly advice" from TV or other experts who simply have to tell them how to improve their lives, etc. (Reminds me of the singer/math professor Tom Lehrer line about philosophers giving advice on happiness to people who are happier than they are.) Our job is to find out what works for us ? not for someone else ? and then to stick with it long enough for it to be effective for us. The laws of physics require that with few enough calories (especially if we engage in exercise), we will lose substantial amounts of weight. All the rest is details. Joe Pesci, from the movie "My cousin Vinnie" confronts a befuddled witness to ask him how his grits could cook so fast. "How is it that you can cook grits in 5 minutes when it takes the rest of the grit-eating public 20 minutes to cook their grits? Are the laws of physics suspended in your kitchen?" Well, the laws of physics aren't suspended in my kitchen. If I eat more than I burn, I grow fatter. If I eat less, then I lose weight. The rest is details. (Although I do take a multivitamin tablet daily.) I hope everyone has an effective approach and that he/she sticks with it long enough for it to be effective! Yours, Caleb 236/234/190 -- |
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