week 14 -- Up 1

Bobbing along.

Starting Weight: 183.5
Current Weight: 175.0
Goal Weight: 172.0

Week 12 -- Down 1.5

I'm really back on the teaching diet again. I'm not trying to lose weight but busy schedule is cutting down on my oppportunites to eat. All things considered I'm just treading water until I can get clear of a few tough weeks at school.

Starting Weight: 183.5
Current Weight: 174.0
Goal Weight: 172.0

Week 11 - Up 2

Mr. Evans has requested that all inquiries about his alleged failure to lose 1 lb. and subsequent gain of 2 lbs. should be directed to his attorneys. His only statement at this time is "I'm such a yutz!"

Starting Weight: 183.5
Current Weight: 175.5
Goal Weight: 172.0

Week 10 - Unchanged

Oops. I forgot my goal was to lose the weight by October 5, 2009. I probably would have put the ful court press on if I had remembered.

I'm doing the reverse of my usual thing which is my gets lower mid week and then goes up aroung weigh in. I was actually down to 171.5 at some point last week. I think the gain is from the strain of carrying David Letterman's love child.

I'm headed for goal this week. 172 or bust.

Starting Weight: 183.5
Current Weight: 173.5
Goal Weight: 172.0

Week 9 -- Up 0.5

I weighed in Monday at 173.5 which was up a half from the prior week but down a half from my goal for the week. All is good.

This blog is kinda boring.

So is weight loss. It does seem to help to know I'm accountable to this strange cyber-audience (who I estimate to be 3-4 people). I can't say I would blame people for not being entirely interested because (as mentioned above) this blog is pretty boring.

Perhaps it would spice things up if I admitted that I am one of the women who had sex with David Letterman. I weighed 210 back then too.

Sadly, I'm a man. I mean not that I don't like being a man. It just kinda ruins the David Letterman confession thing. It might be fun to be a woman. I've already got the obsessing about the weight thing down, and I'd realy rather not shave all things considered.

Perhaps I could admit that I am a man who has had sex with David Letterman which frankly would make the whole blackmail scheme more feasible. We have presidents who have sex with the people at work for crissakes. No real news there.

OK then.

I'll just go make some microwave popcorn now.

See ya next week when I'd like to be 172.5.

Starting Weight: 183.5
Current Weight: 173.5
Goal Weight: 172.0

Week 8 -- Minus 3

Now that's more like it!

I've been hovering around 174 all week, and then I blew it on Sat night. I went over to a friend's house and played board games (because I'm a geek) until the wee hours of the morning. I managed to avoid the bowl of peanut M&M's (because I have a will of iron) but not the salt n' vinegar chips (because I have feet of clay). I was up on Sunday morning, and I thought I might have to stare at 176 on Monday morning (yet again).

The fat gnomes came and took away some butter in the night, and I was a svelte 173 this morning. Ironically, my goal for next Monday is 174. To mathematically minded, it would appear that my goal is to gain a pound. In fact, this would appear to be my goal even to those whose math skills have been described as "strong in English". But I think the 173 is a false low brought on by over-zealous calorie counting yesterday (aka starvation). That stuff tends to rebound, so 174 will be plenty peachy for next Monday.


Starting Weight: 183.5
Current Weight: 173.0
Goal Weight: 172.0

Pre-recovering from my First Heart Attack

I have quite the family history for heart disease.

My mother died of a heart attack a year and half ago. My father has had a quintiple bypass. All of my paternal uncles have had bypasses or heart attacks. My paternal grandfather had angina. My maternal grandfather died of congestive ehart failure. My maternal grandmother had two strokes and spent the last 8 years of her life in a nursing home. This summer I visited my only maternal uncle in a nursing home. He had a stroke about a year ago.

A few years back, I figured that rather than change my habits after I my first heart attack I'd just change them now. Losing the weight was good step, particularly since it went hand in hand with a change in diet. Quitting drinking was even better. Since I have stopped even the occassional beer, my blood pressure has fallen below 120/80. It was climbing up to 135/85ville a few years back.

Last week I went to the doctor to have a cholesterol test. My numbers are OK (LDL 128, HDL 38), but it's time to do something about them. In a few years, the low HDL number will start to catch up with me. The simplest change I can make is to get a little religion about exercise. I'm not a total slob. I usually make it out the door once/week to run for 2-3 miles. According the Doc, if I can make it out 3times/week, that will be a big improvement.

So there you have it.

A new resolution.