My Weight Loss Adventure

I started at 237 pounds (about 105 kilos) around October 2003. Now at 2/18/2005 I broke the 190 pound/85 kilo barrier. I weigh less than 190 pounds... and I'm continuing on the adventure. My height in the afternoon (due to gravity) is 5 foot 4 inches tall. (1.62 metres) In accord with our government's own charts, I should weigh 140 lb (64Kg).

So, I have a ways to go... but the guidelines are suspect. The guidelines do not take into account things like GENDER, or bone mass, or the like. The so-called 'ideal weight' could get me to look anexorec! I will sure find out.

I am bucking a trend here in America. Americans are gaining weight as I lose my little bit a week. All it takes is to eat (and drink) less calories than you use up. Of course, it's easier said than done. After all, you have to go hungry a lot of the time. But the old equation does work... and that's my not-so-secret.

The "secret" to dieting is simply that of designing a 'diet' that you can live with for years at a crack. You must design an eating pattern you can live with long term. I've been at it for a year and 4 months. Due to "habitual force" I have the potential to keep up the 'diet' for good.

What I call "habitual force" is that force that comes from a habit. A habit can be hard to break... or make. A habit is what you need for a 'diet' to work, even if you "splurge" once in a while.