2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME

2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME is a psychedelic song from a psychedelic album released by The Rolling Stones in 1967.   The album was Their Satanic Majesties Request.   2000 Light Years From Home is the best track from this uneven effort.

I guess I am lucky, I am not 2000 light years from home.   Here comes the most overused expression of the current day: HAVING SAID THAT - I recently have been going in the wrong direction.   Lucky for me, I do not have to travel too far (metaphorically speaking) to get back 'home'.  In my case, I will define 'home' as a weight right under 220 lbs.  That is where I have been 'living' (metaphorically speaking) for the past 4 months.

I have once again, proved to myself the futility of weighing oneself every day.  My tradition is to weigh myself on Saturday for the purpose of gauging my progress (either forward or backward)
Yesterday, I hopped on the scale to get an idea of how far off course I was.  The needle didn't stop until it reached 230lbs. (I am really speaking in metaphors today.  I have a digital scale.  There is no needle.  But I am sure you get the idea of what I am trying to convey....)

It surely seemed impossible that I could have gained 4.4 lbs in just 6 days.   I understand that I have been overeating.  Surely I did not overeat enough to pack on 4.4 lbs.  The question arises: How could I have gained 4.4 lbs in six days.   The short answer is that I obviously did not.   I had a big bulky heavy salad and a couple of apples late Thursday night and I am sure that my body has not had enough time to process (digest) this food.   I also drank an enormous amount of fluids (coffee & flavored water) which also likely were not completely flushed from my system.   I did gain weight last week - I just didn't gain 4.4 lbs.

Still the sight of 230lbs on my scale, whatever the explanation was useful in getting my attention.   Yesterday I limited myself to 1000 calories.

my calorie consumption on Friday was just 1000 - just like the old days

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225.8 lbs

I weigh 225.8 lbs.

I gained 2 OUNCES this week

I have lost 83.2 lbs in 227 days. Today begins Day 228.

I have lost nearly 16 inches from my waist. 

I will always be at the beginning of a journey that never ends.

I weigh 225.8 lbs. (227 days ago I weighed 309 lbs)

I have lost 26.9% of my weight since Dec 24.

I have a BMI, body mass index of 30.20 

I had a 42.0 BMI on Dec 24 just 220 days ago (Class III obesity)

I have three words of advice for myself today: Stay on Course

...I know how to begin this week... I think it might be another good day to to burn 2000+ calories with a strenuous session on the elliptical machine.  

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 FRIDAY MENU

breakfast    PINK LADY APPLE, WASA CRISPBREAD                  112 calories
lunch          SPINACH SALAD w/hearts of palm, apple, 
                   CAMPBELL'S MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER,
                   WASA CRISPBREAD                                                      418 calories
dinner         SPINACH SALAD w/hearts of palm, apple, 
                   CAMPBELL'S MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER,
                   WASA LIGHT RYE CRISPBREAD                                386 calories
SNACK     PINK LADY APPLE, ginger hard candy                           72 calories

total calories consumed 1000 calories

calories burned

HOME ELLIPTICAL 92 MINUTES, MANUAL SETTING, LEVEL '20'  2150 CALORIES

Friday net calories NEGATIVE 1150 calories

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A great golden age of Rolling Stones music followed this weak 1967 release.

		1968	Beggars Banquet	ABKCO
		1969	Let It Bleed	ABKCO
		1970	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!	ABKCO
		1971	Sticky Fingers	Virgin
		1972	Exile on Main St.	Virgin
		1973	Goats Head Soup	Virgin
		1974	It's Only Rock 'n' Roll	Virgin