Week 3

Well, still losing the weight. Lost three more pounds. Kind of sad to see it slowing down but 2 pounds per week is pretty optimal. I now weigh 258. It is nice to see that middle number as a 5 instead of a seven. There have been no more pledges this week. I have tried to set up the system for people to pledge easier but it still needs some work. I want to make it easy for folks. I have to say that the diet that I am on, The Whitmore-Spell Don't be a Pig Diet is working pretty well. It is nice to splurge a little on something not so healthy, feel no guilt, and the go right back to eating healthy. I firmly believe that we are designed for periodic celebrations. People need to enjoy the food of celebration (maybe not as much) in a sensible fashion. I don't know if that made sense. We had the Jones over for dinner tonight. I made chicken legs and Valerie made some first rate French bread from scratch. We all ate a little more than usual and I think that is OK. Makes changing my everyday eating really doable. The main thing to remember is that not every day is a celebration, so don't eat like it is.

Two neat things about the diet are: I have a lot more energy and I am no longer snoring. Course, without my CPAP I would snore but I was snoring with it lately. The extra energy makes it much easier to keep up with Claire. Claire is one high energy baby. She is one of the reasons that I want to be around for a long time. Here is a picture of her.