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

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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