DAY 32

A virtual re-run of Tuesday and Wednesday.
I visited two customers in Indiana today and arrived in Fort Wayne before 6PM.
I took advantage of the sunlight and managed to squeeze in a SIX MILE urban hike.


Day 31 that I have curtailed my caloric consumption to something in the neighborhood of 1000 calories.

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DAY 31

An approximate carbon copy of the day before except for some minor details. This time, I spent all day in downtown Chicago at a tradeshow. Jumped in my car at 5:00PM Central Time and drove to Indianapolis. Arrived Indianapolis after 9:30PM Eastern Time. Still managed to get out and about for a three mile walk.

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Three Mile Hike 10PM Wednesday

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DAY 30

Another boring post.
Another day when I did what I had to do.... that is, keep my calories low.
I had a tradeshow in downtown Chicago all day.
It is the one day of the year that I can take the bus to work.
I brought shorts with me, and to return home, I walked home.
I made it a 4 mile urban hike.
Low calories, a bit of real exercise.
A perfect day.


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DAY 29

Monday was the 29th consecutive day that my caloric consumption was in the neighborhood of 1000. Weight is melting off me... I weighed myself on Monday morning... and I had dipped (ever so slightly) under 260. considering that I was 283.6 four Mondays ago.... That's good!

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28 DAYS

Sunday was the 28th consecutive day that I have drastically curtailed my caloric intake.
ONE MONTH
I wonder where I will be one month from now if I can repeat this success...
I hope to find out in 28 days.

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7 SECRETS TO TURN YOUR BODY INTO A FAT BURNING MACHINE

1. Reduce your calories on Monday and cut out all sweets

2. Reduce your calories on Tuesday and cut out all sweets

3. Reduce your calories on Wednesday and cut out all sweets

4. Reduce your calories on Thursday and cut out all sweets

5. Reduce your calories on Friday and cut out all sweets

6. Reduce your calories on Saturday and cut out all sweets

7. Reduce your calories on Sunday and cut out all sweets

BONUS SECRET: SPRINKLE IN SOME EXERCISE 

(Exercise doesn't make up for over-eating, but it is healthy)

My daughter works at Wrigley Field. She is one of the people who scans tickets allowing entry into the ballpark. She often gets driven to Wrigley Field before work - but she enjoys walking home afterwards. The walk is a bit more than two miles. I often walk to Wrigley and watch the game on the giant outdoor screen at Gallagher's Place. It is a quite enjoyable place to catch some baseball and rays. On Saturday, I thought I would s-t-r-e-t-c-h that 2.6 mile walk to about five miles.  Instead,  I stretched it to twelve miles.  After the game, my daughter wanted to go to Costco eatery for dinner, so we walked there too.  My wife picked us up after that, which was good, because I could barely walk after walking 14+ miles between lunch and dinner. It was the most I had walked in more than half a year. My fitbit recorded more than 30,000 steps, also the most in more than half a year. Three weeks ago in the depths of my weight-gaining stupidity it was painful to walk half a block to the local bank. I thought that I had gone too far backwards and that I would never regain my ability to put on a pair of shoes and log some serious miles.  Thankfully, as far backwards as I had gone... my reversal seems to be taking place and once again, I have become a walking, talking, fat-burning machine. Oh yeah!

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TWELVE MILE HIKE FROM HOME TO WRIGLEY FIELD
(apparently without using GPS!)

Wrigley Field to Costco for dinner

If you order the Costco Chicken Caesar Salad AND USE THE DRESSING CONTAINER THAT THEY GIVE YOU WITH THE MEAL... YOU CAN ADD ABOUT 400 CALORIES TO THAT MEAL!

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Direct route from the corner where we live to Wrigley Field is only 2.6 miles.  I made it a twelve mile walk on Saturday.

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I am still 260+ pounds. By definition, that is morbidly obese. I honestly think that with my ridiculously short haircut and now a healthy looking tan earned while logging some serious outdoor time - I look much better than the 260+ pounds says I should. I am looking forward to getting into the 250's and well below that too... One (fitbit) step at a time... What I know is this... three weeks ago, I couldn't stand looking at myself in the mirror... I can stand it now.

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LET'S TALK ABOUT RESULTS

Friday was the 26th consecutive day that I have curtailed my calorie count to the neighborhood of 1000. Well, here's the deal... If one can consume such a low calorie count for nearly three weeks. WEIGHT WILL BE LOST. IT WILL DISAPPEAR.

Saturday has been traditionally been the day that I weigh myself and I am going to return to that schedule.  

My weight today is 260.7 lbs

I have dropped 22.9 pounds in 26 days.

Twenty-six days ago I had ballooned all the way up to a staggeringly high 283.6 lbs

For the past twenty-six days I have dropped not quite a pound a day.... but close to it...

I feel great.

I am still quite overweight (just less so)

I am going to continue with my aggressive determination.

I have a lot of clothing in my closet that I would like to get re-acquainted with.

It is very hard to outgrow short-sleeve button down shirts - but I had done that.

Now I have them all back.

I have some pants and bluejeans that I would like to recover, that will take a bit longer, but even that has begun.... 

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25

Twenty-five consecutive days that my calorie consumption has been in the neighborhood of 1000.
I am committed to losing weight
(in the same way that in recent months I was committed to gaining weight)
The weight-gaining was not really a commitment... but it was my sad reality.
These days I am enjoying a different reality.

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24

On the morning of July 30th, I weighed 283.6 lbs.
It hurt to walk around the block.
I was really in bad shape, and heading to worse shape.
24 days later, of drastically reduced calorie consumption with some modest exercise...
...I can hike (walk) again.
24 days

I took a 7 mile hike Tuesday afternoon
On Wednesday I took a 5.6 mile hike.
Don't know what my weight is, although I am looking forward to finding out on Saturday
I already feel like a new person....
I am guessing I have dropped something in the neighborhood of 20lbs
I can look at myself in the mirror again.
I can take a picture of myself without cringing.
I am not quite back yet.
But I am on my way.

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