I Am Holding That Weight Loss Line

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scales weighing in at 179.2-pounds.
This is good, and it shows that I am staying the course. Well, so far I am.

About a week ago I was talking with a family member about putting carrots in a blender, and other fruits and vegetabes to make a juice with fiber.

My family member told me this wouldn't be a good idea because it makes the sugar in the fruits and vegetables more readily available. My family member is diabetic. He has to watch out for the food he consumes. OK, that's all well and good.

I want to know why he thinks he can sneek those cookies that are filled with chocolate in the center and wrapped in a wafer cookie dough?

Folks, my family member can't be sensible, and honest with himself. I have a question, how many of us are like this? We can't be honest with our food consumption. We make excuses for why we can't eat the good stuff. Then we rationalize eating the bad stuff.

Oh, I am not saying that eating cookies is such a bad thing. I am saying that too many cookies all of the time is a real problem.

Hey, if you are a diabetic, and you have to watch what you eat, then why aren't you keeping a menu? Doesn't your life and health depend on you keeping careful track of what you eat, and drink?

I am just wondering. I am no different. I chomped on one of those little cookies too. Only when I get home, I am going to write down what I ate. The cookie which was shaped like a little cigar was 60 calories. Two, which is a serving, are 120 calories.

OK, so 11 servings, or about one can of these cookies is about 1,320 calories. This is a days worth of calories for someone who is trying to lose weight.

My brother keeps cheating. How about you. Are you serious about your health?

If you are serious about losing weight, and about keeping up your health, then you have to be brutally honest. You need to work on you.

Bye for now....

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

I Wish That I Could Eat Sticky Cinnamon Buns All Of The Time

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 179.2-pounds.
I am happy with this.

I didn't think that I was going to be at this weight this morning. Last night I had a late meal at around 8:00 PM. I fried up six slivers of chicken breast in my WOK with some oil. Then I tossed in one can of green beans, a cup of frozen snow peas, a 1/4 cup of sherry wine. I sprinkled on ginger, garlic salt, pepper, and salt. I made this mush mash of food, and ate the whole mess.
It was so good.

Having eaten that, I thought sure I would see that poundage of food on me this morning hovering over that 180-target by about a pound or so. I was surprised this morning when I weighed what I did.

Earlier I ruined the other pieces of chicken because they were frying, I forgot them because I was talking to some woman that I hadn't seen for a while. Out the window went the chicken; I threw it away. Maybe some raccoon, or skunk found it and had it for a meal. I realized again, I am so flaky at times. Arg...

I Was Told That I Am Disappearing
Some lady from church saw me and commented that I am disappearing. I told her that I am still around 180-pounds, which is the same I was the last time she saw me.

Maybe, I thought, that my body is repositioning itself. Perhaps there is a transition of muscle vs. fat shifting around. I don't know. I still have this fat hanging over the tummy. It's not like it was, but it's there.

I do make an effort to suck my stomach in. I do exercises where I stand straight against the wall. I push my back, head and shoulders against the wall. I then start breathing heavy and pull my stomach in as tight as I can. At the same time I pull in the muscles in my fanny. I try to tighten everything that I can all at once. Then I hold that for as long as I can physically stand it.

This may explain why I look thinner than I am. I make myself dizzy doing that. I am a dizzy enough individual as it is. I scare myself... Oh, I make myself laugh.

I Wish I Could Eat Cinnamon Buns All Of The Time
I am like anyone else, I like sweet tasty foods. I love ginger bread cookies, and ginger bread graham crackers. When Christmas comes around, I can't wait to buy a box of the ginger bread men made by Nabisco. These are seasonal items.

I also love to eat Sticky Cinnamon Buns. This morning I made myself breakfast. I ate some bacon strips, and made a three egg omelet with mozzarella cheese. As I was consuming this, I thought to myself, "I wish I were eating a big sticky cinnamon bun." Yes, I would rather have a cinnamon bun.

Yes, it's hard to keep eating the right foods, especially when the alternatives taste so much better. I am just like you. Why should I eat the good foods, when that junk food tastes so much better?

Everyday, I could consume the potato chips, and the Frito's, along with my sandwich. The only problem is this food is not nutritionally helpful. It's just fast food in a cellophane bag. Read the label. There isn't anything nutritionally helpful in a Frito.
Oh, they taste so good.

Everything in moderation because it all adds up. I am not writing you can't have Frito's. I am not writing you can't have a cookie. But, like everything else, those calories add up.

I was talking to a friend on the telephone yesterday and found that he agreed with me. His thoughts about obesity is that we nickel and dime ourselves into obesity. We eat a piece of candy here, and a fistful of potato chips there. Then the next thing we know, it's "up, up, and away, like a not so beautiful balloon."

Caution, Thought, Weariness, is how we should approach our food consumption. I don't like it either. It's not fun in some ways.

The results are well worth the effort. It's simply amazing how many people have noticed that my body has changed so dramatically.

The greatest change is in HOW I FEEL. This has made all the difference in the world. When you feel better then it makes a difference in the way life looks.

I am not writing that everything will come up like sweet roses when you lose weight. NO, you'll have to put up with all the things you did before. However, with that extra weight loss comes a little bit more energy. That extra energy makes all the difference when facing the torrents of life.

You'll extend your life. Yes, as you lose weight, then the body unloads a lot of unnecessary stress. This will help prolong your life. Isn't that worth it?

Think of it this way: You may think well what good am I making? Well, who is dependent on you? Is your husband used to you getting up and doing what you normally do? Is your wife dependant on the things you do for her, and for the family? Do you have children that you gave life to? Now, you want to rob them of the hope you gave them when they were born?
You gave life to the children, now you want to quit and die?

I don't know. But, if you keep piling in the food, and you keep adding on those pounds, then you are slowly killing yourself. God, doesn't want you killing yourself with a gun, or stepping in front of a train, and he doesn't want you killing yourself by overeating, and then getting fat.

I have to fight the little devils in my life each day. By the Grace Of God, I am still alive. Perhaps, I can help you, to get up the will to fight "The Battle Of The Bulge."

My Mantra is "Eat Less Food." "Eat Less Food." "Eat Less Food."

Bye for now....

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Diabetic And Having A Hard Time Picking That Meal Menu

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digial-Scale weighing in at 178.6-pounds.
Not Bad...

Yesterday (Friday) I couldn't get to post, and I stepped up onto the Magical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.4-pounds. This is not bad either.

The other day I was having a Bacon Sandwich over at one of my family member's home. He was diagnosed with type-two diabetes.

We were discussing the kind of diet that he should be consuming. I told him watch his calories. His wife interjected that he has to have at least 60 grams of carbohydrates per meal or his blood sugar would crash land. Hmmm... This goes against the philosophy of the Doctor Atkins's Diet.

Doctor Atkins's taught that the blood sugar goes crash because we have too much sugar, and the insulin can't do anything with it anymore. His contention was that fats, and protein consumed instead of carbohydrates would force the body to normalize it's insulin because the body would go for fat in the cells of the body for it's sugar.

Remember fat is only made up of chains of sugar. Chains of sugar are linked together by the body which forms up fat which gets stored on different locations of the body.
Fat isn't easy for the body to break either. The body has to expend energy to blast apart the links of sugar in the fat.

I don't want to get into all the particulars because it's complicated. Let's just say my brother has to have his 60 grams of carbohydrates per meal. Where would he get these carb's from?
If he was eating breakfast he could eat two packets of cinnamon oatmeal. This would be around 380 calories, and around 66 grams of carbohydrates. This would fix breakfast.

For a snack to keep up his sugar he could eat an orange. This would give him around 13-18 grams of sugar and about 80-100 calories.

For lunch, he could have a sandwich and some meat. Again he would have to have something with more carbohydrates so he could eat more fruit, or even a small chunk of candy. Oh, God forbid... He's a diabetic, don't you know?

For dinner, he could have a can of chunky noodle soup. This would be around 420 calories, and just about 50 grams of carbohydrates.

So, if he is creative, he could keep down his total calories, and still keep up those carb's. The easiest thing for him to do would be to go to the book store and purchase one of the many books published giving menu's for diabetics.

I am not an expert or nutritionist, so you can take my writing with a grain of salt. Pay no attention to that blithering idiot behind the keyboard....

My brother, is regaining weight. Here is why. He cheats. He keeps eating this, and that. He has no will to fight his hunger. If I were him I would have oranges and apples handy to grab.

He won't keep a food diary. I know it's not convenient to keep a record of everything eaten. I know it's a pain in the South Side of the human anatomy.

For my brother this whole diabetic thing is getting old. Here is the problem with this thinking. Can you say Kidney decease? Can you say neuropathy in the legs? Can you say blind? Can you say anemia? Can you say amputation?

These are many of the complications that are the result of unchecked diabetes.

If you are overweight, then it's very likely you will eventually become an adult diabetic. If you are a big consumer of processed sugars, the odds are real high you will become an adult diabetic.

This devastating decease if preventable with a careful diet. How do I know? I was on track to be an adult diabetic. My blood pressure was high. My cholesterol was high. My body fat was anywhere from 34-40 percent. This wasn't a real good scenario for me.

Now, my blood sugar comes in under 100. My cholesterol is back down. My blood pressure is back down. My body fat has dropped about 15 percent. My heart rate is down 40 beats per minute.

So, I could very well have been right there with the adult diabetes. Now, I have had my blood sugar checked. It hasn't blown past normal, but it was there on the precipice.

I don't have a crystal ball. I don't know what my body will do over the next ten years. I could still go over the edge. I think I have beaten off the dragon for a while. I think I have delayed a formidable foe.

If you need to get off those pounds, even if it's just ten pounds, then don't delay. Why, because bad habits compound themselves. This day you could be ten pounds over weight, and then one year from now 20 pounds overweight.

I don't know who looks at this blog. I do know that there have been around 700 onlookers since around mid February. Maybe, maybe, I help inspire one person to take seriously their health.

Losing weight is a real undertaking. It's a day in and day out battle to keep up. I know, I am fighting "The Battle Of The Buldge."

"Eat Less Food,' is my mantra. That's right, you can't eat everything you see. You can't eat everything at the family picnic. You can't eat everything at the company banquet. You can't eat everthing that's put before you.

That's that. Have fun with that.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Even If You Exercise, You Have To Watch That Food Consumption

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 179.2-pounds.
This is supper. It means that I am stable at around 180-pounds with a 2,000 calorie a day intake of food.

Oh weee ha... Now... Let's just see how long I can stay like this.

How did you like that video of Sheryl Crow...? I don't like her politics, but I think her music is fun.
Nobody is perfect.

I was thinking about this blog post for today. I was talking to a family member who would really like to lose some pounds. She complains about being tired all of the time. She's getting up there in years at 80-years old.

She wants to get off 40-pounds. I keep after her to take her multivitamins, and to drink her protein. I am convinced that part of her problem is she has more fat than muscle. She can't rev up.

She was saying to me that it's so hard to try to eat the right stuff. Well, dah... Everything is loaded up with sugar, and other yummy ingredients.

Let's face the truth here: Food is as addicting as naurcotics. If it wasn't then why do people have this continual need to be eating all of the time? I understand the compulsion to eat because food tastes good.

The only way that I could beat that compulsion was to fight it. I am not saying that I have it whipped yet. It's something that I am continuously contending with where ever I go to eat, or when I am home and am hungry.

Today I went to work at 4:00 AM. When I got off work, I went home and took a nap. It's only because I only had maybe five hours of sleep last night. I went to bed, and absolutely could not fall asleep. Then when I finally fell to sleep that clock beeped. It felt like I had not slept, or that I just got to sleep.

When I woke from my nap, I weighed myself, then decided to eat something. I ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, two scoops of vanilla protein powder, and half of a very large cookie. This half of the large cookie was 250 calories. (500 calories for the entire cookie)

Now. I am only up to around 1,000 calories so far for the day. I saw that cookie in the refrigerator, and decided that I wanted to eat it. That's OK... I just have to remember that I can't eat something else later on.

If you watch what you eat, you can have some goodies along the way. I keep writing it's not what you eat, it's how much you eat. Count up those calories.

My 250 calorie cookie could have been a bowl of soup instead. This would actually have been healthier. And, I like you, have to be aware that sugar can become and addiction. Yes, I can fall into the pit craving sugar all of the time. Here I kicked the habit, now I am tempting fate again.

Time and time again I write, "Eat Less Food."

You can have that chocolate covered donut for breakfast. But, remember you ate that donut when you go to pick out that extra long beef sandwich for lunch, and that big plate of pasta and meatballs for dinner. Those calories add up quick.

If you are going to lose weight, you are going to have to have a daily short fall of calories. You'll have to find a point in your food consumption where at the end of the day your body says "OH, OH... feed me, feed me... feed me."

I kid you not. Your body is going to play the devil on you while you are trying to shed those pounds. You'll probably get headaches, stomach aches, feel tired, you'll be over consumed thinking about food all the time, and suffer with incredible hunger.

I kid you not, you will. If you don't, then guess what? You aren't losing weight.

I have a friend who lost twenty pounds or more by running everyday. When the running stopped; back came the extra pounds. He didn't adjust his food consumption to compensate for the calories he wasn't burning by running.

I have an old friend who gained weight and was running and exercising everyday. His total food consumption exceeded what he was burning with exercise. This is what happens when food is overconsumed.

No amount of exercise is going to compensate for that food consumption. Even the incredible body builders that compete in these contests where they show off muscle know they have to eat more lean proteins, and cut way back on the carbohydrates before a competition. They have to burn the fat out from between those layers of muscle.

If you are going to lean up, then you have no choice but to eat less food. Even if you run, and exercise you will still have to adjust your food consumption. That's just the way it is.

I don't like it. But, hey, I feel much, much better having done it.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Have Fun: It's Time To Lighten Up...Soak Up Some Sun

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing 179.6-pounds.
Oh Weee Haaaa..... I can eat like a normal human being and keep my weight at almost a normal weight.

I don't have to starve to death everyday.
I can have a couple pieces of candy.
I can have a cupcake.
I can have some ice cream.
I can be human, and enjoy life....

Yes, Yes, Yes, oh weee haaaa.....

This morning I got up and decided to do my exercises.
I put on the radio to a station that had some fast beat to it.

This song came on the radio that is sung by Sheryl Crow. I listed the words. I am not a communist myself, but I want you to here the beat, and see if it wouldn't be something fun for you to do some in place exercises to. Some of these words actually make sense.

I am able to relate to the words: "I've got a crummy job. It don't pay near enough."
For now that's just the way it is. Oh, well...

I also thought about this: Hey Lighten up on yourself. Have some fun. Soak up the sun.

I am listing the words to the song, and I am including the video off of You Tube

My thanks go to MIX 101.9 Chicago for putting on the music I love to exercise to.
My thanks to the folks at You Tube
And my thanks go to Sheryl Crow for singing such a fun song.

"I'm Gonna Soak Up The Sun"
Sheryl Crow...

My friend the communist Holds meetings in his RV
I can't afford his gas
So I'm stuck here watching TVI
don't have digital
I don't have diddly squat
It's not having what you want
It's wanting what you've got

[CHORUS:]
I'm gonna soak up the sun
Gonna tell everyone To lighten up
(I'm gonna tell 'em that)I've got no one to blame
For every time I feel lame
I'm looking up
o I'm gonna soak up the sun
I'm gonna soak up the sun

I've got a crummy job
It don't pay near enough
To buy the things it takes
To win me some of your love
Every time I turn around
I'm looking up, you're looking down
Maybe something's wrong with you
That makes you act the way you do
Maybe i am crazy too

[CHORUS]
I'm gonna soak up the sun
While it's still free
I'm gonna soak up the sun
Before it goes out on me
Don't have no master suite
I'm still the king of me
You have a fancy ride,
but babyI'm the one who has the key
Every time I turn around
I'm looking up, you're looking down
Maybe something's wrong with you
That makes you act the way you doMaybe I am crazy too
[CHORUS]
I'm gonna soak up the sun
Got my 45 on
So I can rock on.



Wasn't This Fun?

Bye for now...

And That's The Way It Is...I'm David Dane

I Am Able To Maintain My Weight So Far

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 179.8-pounds.

I am happy with this. It means that I don't have to starve to death while maintaining my weight at a very near normal weight. In this case around 180-pounds.

This also means that along the way I can have some goodies. Yesterday I wrote that I ate half of a very large cupcake that was given to me by some children. I also ate three pieces of hard candy. My sister sent me candy in a care package, and I have been fighting myself so I won't down the whole bag in one day. Three pieces of this candy, which is old-fashion-hard-candy is 50 calories. And besides the flavoring inside the candy, it's all sugar.

My sister knows I am a sucker for licorice hard candy. I love licorice in general. I really do love to suck on hard licorice. It's not good for the teeth...

Some Lady At Church Gets My Humor
On Sunday I was talking to a woman at church. I was enamored with her, she's one of those Blue-Eyed, Blond Haired Beauty Queens, with great teeth, and is she is smart to boot.

Yep, this wasn't your typical dumb blond. She does voice overs for commercials, and small movies. I was telling her about my blog and that I wrote a piece about putting on an aluminum hat. She caught on to it immediately and started talking about chocolate pieces that talk to us. Ha... I knew I was hearing something... I told her that I wrote about this. She mentioned that the aluminum foil keeps out the alien radio frequency that is being broadcast out of the food. I laughed and said how did you know? She said that Mel Gibson had a movie years ago where his daughter would wear an aluminum foil skull cap to keep out the alien broadcasts.

I never saw Mel Gibson's movie. I wish that I had. Nope, I came up with that one on my own. I like to have fun with this blog. I try to be whimsical. I write stuff that is sure to make the poor person who is gullible enough to read to the end of the blog, even if it's only one post, walking away and scratching their heads. It's like this, "What did he just say?" Or, this it's like this, "This boy fell backwards this morning at the breakfast table and hit his head, cus' he's got screws lose."

Honestly, I wrote it for fun. I've never been able to get that aluminum skull cap to work.

It Comes Down To One Thing
In the end when all the "Weight Watch Wizards," all the "Weight Loss Gurus," all the geniuses behind the weight loss movements finally face the truth, it will come down to one thing: "Eat Less Food."

You'll have to have less food.
You'll have to cut that hamburger in half.
You'll have to cut down on those French Fries.
You'll have to have half of that cupcake.
You'll have to eat less candy.
You'll have to pay attention to everything that you eat.
You'll have to pay attention to that corn syrup laden orange juice.
You'll have to pay attention to how many sugar filled Coca-Cola's you drink in a day.
You'll have to struggle with those monsters that nag you.
You'll have to deal with the "Neurotic Monster."
You'll have to deal with the "Hunger Monster."
You'll have to deal with the "Wounded Feelings Monster."
You'll have to deal with all this.

It's not easy to deal with. It's not easy to fight these things in self.
It's not easy to lose weight.


Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Happy With The Weight Right Now

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.6-pounds.

This makes me very happy. It's now been about 1 1/2 weeks since I decided to go into maintenance mode. I pushed the calorie count up to around 2,000 calories a day.
I have actually been more than that on some days. Yet, even with this higher calorie consumption I am still very close to the 180-pounds target range. I am ecstatic about this.

I am still weighing myself everyday. I still keep my food log. I still try to figure out how many calories are in what I am eating. For example: On Saturday some kids I was with gave me a very large cupcake to take home. Any ordinary person would have consumed this giant cupcake right there on the spot. I guarded the cupcake carefully and managed to get it home without smashing it or dumping it onto the ground, then it would have been ruined.

I put the cupcake in a food storage bag and stored it in the refrigerator over night. Then I put on my aluminum hat because I know the aliens probably tampered with this delicious looking chocolate cake. (You'll have to read one of my blog posts from a few days ago to get the foil hat thing.)

Well, the next day I was curious to see how many calories were in this over sized cupcake. I put it up onto my Magical-Kitchen-Scale and then punched in the code for a chocolate frosted cake. The digits ticked up to 630 calories. Whew...

That would be a lot of calories to consume in one sitting. Yet, how many Americans will consume something like this, and not give it a second thought? With food like this is it any wonder why children are getting obese at such an early age? Look what they are eating.

I ate half the cupcake yesterday, and then half of it today. Still half of the cupcake was 315 calories. This is about how many calories are in one regular cupcake. Remember this the next time you get ready to eat one of those home made cupcakes from the local bake-sale-fund-raising-event.

This weekend I had a couple days where I blew past 2,000 calories. I haven't made any adjustments in my eating to compensate for this. We'll see if I can maintain my weight close to 180-pounds over the next month.

When I am stable, and comfortable again with my eating, then I will push again for the 160-pounds target.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

They Made Me Eat

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 183-pounds.

Well, well, have I been eating a bit much here? Hmmmm? Ummm, I ate an 11 ounce steak the other night. That's a bit much...

Yesterday I had a 1/2 pound hamburger. And, a big helping of French Fries. Oink, oink....

Oh, I didn't mention the big frosted cup cake. I didn't eat of my own free will. A bunch of people pinned me down, then stuffed the cup cake into my mouth. Then they moved my jaws up and down and made me swallow the cupcake.

Yeah, yeah that's it. I was made to eat like this over the weekend. Honest...it wasn't me.

Bye the way, Pay NO attention to the counter on the left of my blog. There aren't really that many people looking in on what I write.

I'm just a former Preponderant... Who cares what I have to say?
Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

The Hotel Was Serving Up Nothing But Carbohydrate Filled Foods

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 183.2-pounds.

I gave a warning last night in a second post that I would see the extra poundage.

This is because last night I had a steak and baked potato in the evening. Hey, I was treated.

This morning in the hotel lobby a continental breakfast was served. There wasn't a meat product to be found. All the available food was carbohydrate food.

Here is the problem with that. Let's just say someone was to make an effort to live on this kind of diet, he/she would be finding themselves short of protein which is necessary for normal body function.

It's not what I would consider a real healthy way to eat over the long term. But, it's cheap for the hotel to put out this kind of food. It's easy to handle, and there isn't a lot of spoilage which reduces costs. So for the hotel it's a good deal. For their customers, it's a bad deal.

It doesn't matter really. Fifty percent to the people out there are overweight. Half the girls at breakfast were fat. I sat with a woman in front of me at her table eating. She was as round as a beach ball. So I guess it doesn't really matter.

I can preach until I am blue in the face: "Eat Less Food." Most people will ignore that advise.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane.

The Weights Up Some Today

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.2-pounds.
That's only because I snacked on a couple rolls with peanut butter and jelly, and some cheese dip.

This is a second post for today
It's 10:30 PM. I am about to retire for the evening. I just came back from the Outback Steakhouse. I will probably step up onto the scale in the morning weighing in around 184-pounds because I ate late, and consumed an 11 ounce steak, large baked potato, salad, lots of glasses of ice tea, and a large bread roll. (For those of you who read this. My time was off here. It was 10:30 PM when I wrote in the second post. I originally wrote 9:30. So it's a correction.)

We'll see.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

My New Tinfoil Hat Will Help Me Fight The Alien Food Broadcasts

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.2-pounds.

I'm holding steady here around that 180-target....

Steady...Steady...Don't get too nervous here...Don't get too confident with that extra food either.

You know how it is Mr... One slip up with that extra Chocolate Donut, and wham, there's 50 extra pounds of gelatinous, white, varicose vein filled, flapping, slurping, burbling, eye shocking, FAT rolling around on your butt, legs and stomach.

You know how it is Mr... That's right, it only takes a few slip ups there, and it's over. All that toil, and work, starving yourself to death, giving up those extra helpings of food at the holiday banquets, so you can lose a measly, stinking couple of pounds, will be wasted.

Now is not the time Mr. to eat that extra chocolate bar. No, you have to keep looking at that chocolate bar as the enemy. It's ready to seduce you into falling into love with it as the creamy milk chocolate melts in your mouth, and the rich smell and taste of chocolate fills your every waking sense with euphoria. Oh, the wonder of that rich tasting chocolate bar. Don't touch it. No, get your hands off it. Don't even look at it.

Food Log Date: -AD-28 February 2008. I just passed through the kitchen and thought I heard a voice calling me to open up the refrigerator. I resisted the urge to open the door and investigate the source. I had to discount the idea as a possible alien hoax.

Food Log: Earlier in the day I heard voices coming out of the little bags of chocolates on the shelves, in of all places the Burlington Coat Factory. What is this world coming to? Cherry Cream filled chocolates in the Burlington Coat Factory; when did that happen?

Food log: Anyway, I had to consider that there really are aliens from another world that are determined to make we people of the planet earth fat. I know I heard voices coming out of the bags of chocolate. And as I picked them up I heard them telling me, "Buy me, eat me, just one, buy me, eat me."

Food Log: I really believe there are aliens out there who have mastered implanting little telepathic people, or aliens, in the chocolate, and every piece of candy there is on the shelves in the Burlington Coat Factory.

Food Log: It's bad enough that when I go to grocery store the bags of chocolate, and the bread, and the mountains of food taunt me and harass me as I walk through the isles. But, do I have to fight myself to avoid those sumptuous, cherry cream, blueberry, filled chocolate candies in a clothing store? Is there no peace for my weakened mind?

Food Log: Day in and day out I have been waking up at night laying on my bed hearing the granola bars in the cupboard crying out to me. And my stomach is always screeching and raving to be fed. I am going insane trying to resist that food. How will I end this?

Food Log: I considered the fact that I wasn't the only one hearing the voices implanted in the chocolate candies in the store. I saw a few fat woman lingering, and staring at the chocolate bags as I walked around them and picked them up. I just wanted to see what they were.

Food Log: No, no, I couldn't, I couldn't buy that chocolate. No, "Fight that urge Mr..., " I said to myself.

Food Log: I made myself a new aluminum foil cap today. The one that I have been wearing for the last month blew off my head yesterday. I should have used hair pins to make it stay on my head.

Food Log: My new aluminum foil hat is now made with a double layer of foil. I have added extra large ear coverings. This helps to keep out the ultrasonic waves the aliens are broadcasting at high frequency. With this new design I found it is keeping out the ailien's food broadcasts. What a relief. I tested it in the kitchen today, and then went to the grocery store. Finally, I have silence.

Food Log: People look at me now as if I am an alien. But, they don't understand. I had to block those alien radio waves that get into my brain and make me want to buy bad, bad, nasty, bad, bad food, and then eat it all.

Food Log: I wish I could share with all fat people out there my new secret weapon, an aluminum foil cap. Maybe someday I could get a patent on it.

Food Log: Note to self: Purchase ear plugs to stick up my nose. It's my new experiment to help keep out those irresistable food smells. The aliens from the "Planet Junkfoodo" have developed a synthetic food smell that is now being placed into food to make it more appetizing and to draw people to the smell of food. This synthetic smell is said to be thousands of times more irresistable than the normal smells of food...

Easy does it Mr... Steady as she goes....

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Fast Food: Hey Watch Out There

Hello weight losing fans....

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.2-pounds. That's up a little from yesterday.

Well, I have now been up and over my 1,300 and 1,500 calorie limits for about five days now. Yesterday I went over 2,000 calories.

So far, I haven't seen any dramatic ticks to the up side of the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scales readings. Each day I continue to monitor it closely. Each day I continue writing down what I am eating and trying to figure out what the calorie count was.

Watch Out For Those Fast Foods
Today I was treated to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac, small French Fries, and a diet Coke. The calorie count for that Big Mac was 540 calories. Wow... The small Fries was 250 calories. This came in at a whopping 790 calories.

Earlier in the day I ate an Egg McMuffin (300) calories. In a four hour window I put away 1,090 calories.

People need to wake up to what they are eating. I am not knocking McDonalds. Nope, but look at what happens when I eat there for free. Whew...

Hey, Hey, wake up... You and I can't eat like this each day. Now, I can quit here and be fine. But, I didn't used to quit here. No, I used to go home and eat more food than this.

Most people go home and eat way more food. They do it without thinking. When I got done eating this luncheon of Fries, and a double hamburger. I was still a bit hungry.

It doesn't matter if it's McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, etc., fast food can be a killer. Not only does it kill the pocket book, but it adds to our obesity which eventually kills us too.

As I just wrote, these two meals were paid for, which made it more tempting to eat more than I did. I actually stopped myself from buying more than I did, and then eating more.

Put the brakes on pumping that food into that mouth. EAT LESS FOOD.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Get A Laugh Out Of This Fat Video

For those of you who think that I am always serious. I got a kick out this video of Weird Al. I wish to thank Tony for turning me onto this hilarious video.

Little Tidbits Of Weight Loss Advice

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 179.8-pounds.
Hey, that's not bad.

I upped my calorie intake the last three days. I wrote that yesterday. I gave up on the 1,300 calories for now. I was just too hungry all the time.

I couldn't sleep. My stomach felt like cats were gnawing the insides and clawing me. It was too frustrating.

I wasn't making any progress. I wrote that yesterday as well. It's amazing how the body can kick itself into a mode of operation that brings down the total metabolism to a slow burn when there isn't enough food for it. I think this is what happened to me.

As I have written before in the past, I am playing this weight loss thing as I go. I don't have a hard-core set of rules that I am following.

My hard-core set of rules is just this: Eat Less Food. Again I have written that before.

I wish I could come up with a magical formula for losing weight. I wish I could come up with magical food recipes that would help you burn off those calories. Alas, I have none.

I can encourage these following ideas:

• Stop relying on diet products. If you will notice products that are labeled diet, "Fat Free," etc., etc., are actually a little more expensive than other foods. If you can get them at a bargain price like I did some "Lean Cuisines" fine. Once in a while the "Healthy Choice" products go on sale around where I live. I will get them then.
• Be careful relying on artificial sweeteners. I have been making a real serious attempt to wean myself off of artificial sweeteners. For myself I found that my muscles ached after drinking Diet Cokes, and Pepsi. Artificial Sweeteners can become as addicting as sugar. I found myself putting a packet in every cup of coffee that I consumed. Every glass of unsweetened tea I drank had to have a packet of artificial sweetener in it. I think this may be too much. Like everything else, moderation is the key here too.
• Everyone that has any sense endorses consuming more water. Since we are made up of water, we need water. We need to be aware of drinking more water. Water flushes the system of toxins. Water hydrates the living body cells. Water helps cool the body in the heat, and warm up the body by convection in the cold.
  Someone may complain that drinking more water increases the use of the bathroom. Yes, it does. We are supposed to eliminate. If we don't eliminate, then we have a problem. Do you see your dog worried when it urinates every ten minutes? I hate our modern society that forces us to control everything we do, and makes us worry about normal behavior. If you are older, it gets harder to control yourself. I do tightening exercises for my "you know whats."
• Do what you can with exercise: I told my aunt that I do shallow squats to music. I do stretches where I put my feet up onto the counters. I do twists and turns for my ailing back. My body suffered some deterioration here in the last seven or eight years. I am not sure if it's because of artificial sweeteners or other factors like deteriorating arthritis. If you are bed ridden, then do arm lifts. If you are chair ridden then exercise your arms. I know it's hard. Yes, it's hard to overcome old habits and momentum of a stale life. I know. But, you have to work on you. Don't depend on anyone else. You don't have to have weights and machines to get the body moving.
• Get yourself a food journal. It doesn't have to be fancy. Just keep a record of everything you put inside your mouth and swallow. Yes, it's a pain in the Southern-back-side, but you need to become keenly aware of what you consume. I mean you, not someone else. I have a family member who's spouse thinks it's her job to comment on everything her husband eats. She herself isn't making an effort to change her body, but she thinks it's her job to be critical of her husband. Nope, it's not her job to monitor everything her husband consumes. It's not my job, or the government's job to watch what you eat.
• Read about nutrition. Make it a habit to educate yourself about food. I personally love cooking. So, it's no skin off my nose to read about nutrition.
• Consume foods that are beneficial. Greens, Greens, raw greens, cooked greens are good for you. Colored foods like carrots, artichokes, garlic, apples, and on the list goes, raw and cooked are good for you. Make an effort to change yours taste to eat them. It's for you, not for mommy anymore.
• Be aware that sugar is as addicting as narcotics. Yes, we can become dependent on sugar. I know that I was. Whew, years ago, I would drink down at least one Two-Liter-Coca-Cola. I drank Coca-Cola morning noon, and night. It's no wonder my body turned into a balloon.
• Make an effort to balance those meals. A hamburger, and a bun, is a starch, and a protein. Potatoes are a starch. Try to eat some salad, or greens with that hamburger.
• Educate yourself about which foods are loaded up with those calories. You can eat a bucket full of green beans because they don't have a lot of calories. But, if you eat a bucket full of potatoes, you will definately see that someday. Do you get what I mean?

I could go on with my list there. If you are like me, you are an adult. It's time for us to put away our child like behavior. Yes, I wrote child like behavior. My parents taught me when I was little they weren't always going to be there for me. I didn't like the idea, but I had to get used to it. It's not mommy's, daddy's, your wife's, or your husband's job to baby sit you. If you have a brain in your head, and the wits about you to control yourself then it's your job to baby sit you.

We have to become aware of the proper behaviors that are beneficial, and detrimental. Eating food until we are full is detrimental. I have written about this in the past.

Real true freedom is when we have the ability to make decisions or choices that influence the direction of our future. You, so far in this country, have the ability to make choices. They are being thrown at us faster than we can process them. But, no one is holding a knife to your throat and telling you to eat.

The one choice you can make is to "EAT LESS FOOD." Eat one hamburger at lunch, and skip those French Fries. Ditch that chocolate shake. Drink water. Wean yourself off the sweets, and sugars. "EAT LESS FOOD."

When I went into the army, we were standing in front of the barracks. The Drill Sergeant got up in front of us and said, "I am your momma, your daddy, your sister, and your brother. You will do what I tell you to do when I tell you to do it." Whew, that was tough to deal with.

Think about what you are doing to yourself letting yourself get bigger, and bigger.

Do you have to have someone control you? I hope not.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

I Am Now Going Into Maintenance Mode

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.8-pounds. That's up from yesterday, Sunday. I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180-pounds.

The last couple days I made a deliberate change to up my calories from the 1,300 calories I had been consuming. I did it because I wasn't making any progress. My body has frozen in this plateau of 180-pounds. Yes, I can get a little below 180. And I definitely can sore above it. But, still, I just keep hanging around this 180-pounds.

I am just going to stay here. So, I upped my calorie count to around 2000 calories a day.

I haven't given up attempting to get to 160-pounds. Only this is just a real long drawn out battle here. To be honest, I am flat out sick of starving.

I keep waking up in the middle of the night with hunger pains, and I feel like someone who is living inside a prisoner of war camp.

So, I will keep posting as ideas pop into my little head. However, I am giving fare warning now: Don't expect to see me losing any weight soon. I am tired of the fight, and the hunger. I am now in my maintenance mode.

If you are looking for any brilliant ideas to inspire you to lose weight, check out some other things on the Internet.

Easy does it. Steady as she goes. Let's keep this weight on course here... Aye, Aye, captain.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Don't Be Self Destructive

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Magical-Scale weighing in at 181.8-pounds. That's up again from yesterday.

Last night I was hungry before I went to bed. I had hit my calorie count earlier in the day. I said to myself, "You know what, I don't want another night waking up at 3:00 in the morning." I use that time to pray, and read some of my bible. It's time I use, only, I am tired when I finally wake up again.

This morning I woke up at 5:00 AM. I wanted to sleep longer.
I had that cat clawing gnawing hunger again.
I had that evening eaten three apples, a bowl of popcorn, and ate some more Gingerbread men. NO, I didn't torture them this time. I ate them though....

Dinah Soar commented yesterday. She said that she struggled with cat clawing hunger in her tummy when she was trying to lose weight before. I go around the internet and find that many people struggle with hunger.

It's hard, it really is when the "Hunger Monster" strikes.

I am going to beat this drum again. If you go back to the things I have written, you'll see I keep coming full circle to a simple concept. And, I am sure, when you read this you'll be saying well don't you have any new ideas?
There are no new ideas for losing weight. There are dumb ideas. There are ideas that are destructive. There are ideas for losing weight that can't be followed because they are so ridiculous.

I am going list some of those weird diets.
The fat loss diet. What? The experts are warning watch your fat intake. My family member has three books written by a doctor committed to avoiding fat. And then on the other side fish oil, flax seed oil, and natural oils are selling like crazy. Go figure.

The blood type diet. My cousin gave me a book called the blood type diet. I couldn't finish the book. It was so crazy. It's virtually impossible to follow. In our modern day society, it would take forever to go through the grocery store with the list of things that have to be avoided for a certain blood type.

The Fasting Diet. Yes, there is a diet out there where people are told to fast away the weight. This is really a very destructive diet. Go ask Karen Carpenter. Oh, sorry she died. OK, then ask those unbelievable skinny runway models. Do they look happy walking up and down the isles looking so thin a good strong breeze will blow them away?

There are other diets that I don't have the time to list.

It comes down to one thing. How much food are you eating? How much candy do you slip into your mouth throughout the day? How much extra food do you consume just because you feel like you like how it tastes? Do you go to those buffets where food is mass produced, and eat until you are stuffed? I don't have the answer. You'll have to figure that out for yourself.

I will say this: Is your life important to you? I don't mean in a narcissistic way. I mean in a healthy way.
Are there people close to you, who are dependant on you? I mean are there people around that if something happened to you they would feel a tremendous loss? I'll bet there are.

I never had any children. I wanted children, but it didn't work out. There are people around me though who actually enjoy my company. Oh, those are sick people. Just kidding.... That's my weird humor.

If this is so, and you are finding answers that are affirmative to my questions, then answer this question. What right do you have destroying your life? Eating too much food, and getting fat on it is destructive behavior.

I am not a doctor. I am not anyone but a fellow human being. I am here to tell you: You have no business being self destructive.

Yesterday I considered quitting writing this blog. Only I thought, "Hmmm, maybe, just maybe God will direct some lonely soul to read my blog just once. Maybe someone will be struggling and find this and say, 'Hey, I can do this weight loss thing.' "

On the side of my blog are listed some links to web sites of real humans. These people are just like you and me. They are struggling with the same issues we as humans do. Go open those links and read about them. They are friends of this blog.

Bye for now....

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Sleepless In Wheaton: The Hunger Monster Struck With A Vengeance

Hello weight losing friends...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.4 pounds.
That's up again over my record, and it's up 0.2 pounds from yesterday.

This was the third day in a row that I woke up in the early morning hours, and found myself trying to fall back to sleep.

I was hungry again. This is getting old, real old. It put me in a dark mood. I decided to eat some Gingerbread Man Cookies. According to the panel on the box, five cookies was 150 calories.

I took the little Gingerbread Men out of the box and decided to make them pay for my lack of sleep. I tortured my Gingerbread Men as I ate them.

I took the Gingerbread Men and stacked them in my fist. I grabbed the first Gingerbread Man and bit off his left leg: Chomp! He started screaming. Then all the Gingerbread Men Started screaming and wailing.

The Gingerbread Man in my other hand was pleading, "Please don't eat me. No, don't bite me."
I bit off the right leg: Chomp! Ah, Ah, Screamed my Gingerbread Man.

Next I bit off his left arm: Chomp! My Gingerbread Man screamed in agony. Then I bit off his right arm. Ah, Ah, Ah.... Now, I sneered at my Gingerbread Man and laughed. I said, "You sure are a tasty Gingerbread Man." Then I chomped off his head.

I followed and ate the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Gingerbread Men. Then I got to the fifth Gingerbread Man. I was surprised at his arrogance. He laughed and said, "Go ahead and eat me fatso."
I said, "What did you say Gingerbread Man?"
My Gingerbread Man laughed and said, "Go ahead fat man, bite me. You can't control yourself you slob."
I said, "Oh yeah, take this Gingerbread Man." Then I snapped off the Gingerbread Man's left leg.
He laughed sadistically and said, "Oh, oh, oh that feels good. Do it again Fatso."
My lip curled under in displeasure, and my eyes squinted. And I said, "Is that so?"
I snapped off the Gingerbread Man's right leg. Again he laughed sadistically.
Then the Gingerbread Man said, "Hey Mr. Fatso, you missed something. Bite me right here." "Then he laughed again and said, "Go ahead bite me, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha."
I was furious at my Gingerbread Man Cookie. I snapped off his left arm. Then He laughed and said, "Oh, that feels good. Is that the best you can do fat man? Huh, go ahead why not bite me?"
Then my Gingerbread Man said, "If you eat me, you'll see me on that fat belly."
Then he started chanting, "Eat me, Bite me, Eat me, Bite me, Fat Man."

I took my Gingerbread Man into the bathroom and threatened to throw him into the toilet. He laughed and said, "Oh, go ahead fatso, I'd rather swim with the fish anyway, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha."
I threw him in the toilet and flushed him down.

Ya Know, there wasn't something right about that Gingerbread Man. I can't eat a Gingerbread Man that isn't screaming in fear and anguish when I chomp on him. It just ain't normal.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

I'm Fighting Night Time Hunger

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 181.2-pounds.
That's up over that 180-target again.

This morning I awoke at around 4 AM. I could not sleep. I was trying to fall back to sleep. I was hungry. I mean I had real physical hunger. I had to repeat the process as I did the night before, get out of bed, and then eat something.

This isn't a compulsive hunger as in I have this urge to satisfy some psychological need. Nope, it's cat's clawing at the inside of my tummy kind of hunger. I have no way to fix it.

People send suggestions. I have read stuff on the internet. Nothing solves the problem. I am trying to sleep at night, something wakes me up, then I have to fight gnawing hunger. It's discouraging for sure.

I have to keep remembering how far I have come so far, and then continue to push on.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is....I'm David Dane

Holding Steady Around 180-Pounds

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 179.4-pounds.
That's back under the 180-pound target, but for how long?

Yesterday I went to the vitamin store and purchased more protein powder. I was running out of protein powder.

Now, you may ask, why am I so fanatical about using protein? It's because of several reasons. It's convenient, I just put the powder in cold water and drink it. It's measured, I know how much protein I am consuming. It's necessary, according to the government, we are supposed to consume a minimum of 60 grams of protein per day. According to another source, we should consume a minimum of 1 gram protein for each kilogram of body mass. (What's mass?)

I ought to consume about 80 grams of protein per day. I am now attempting to do that.

It's not cheap to buy protein. Since I am committed to consuming so much protein powder, I purchase it in 10 pound bags. This is anywhere from 56-70 dollars per bag. It's about 1-2 dollars a day to consume protein powder.

This may seem costly. When you consider what it costs to buy a hamburger at some fast food restaraunt, this is cheap. When I eat that hamburger, I don't get nearly the protein that I do from two scoops of protein powder.

You need to see what it costs to eat per day. Again, that will mean keeping a record what you eat. You may have to look at the receipts and divide out the costs per portion of food.

Here is an example: Yesterday I went and purchased whole wheat bread, a two pound container of peanut butter, and two jars of strawberry (It was a two for one bottle transaction there).

I calculated out that a 32 gram serving of peanut butter was about 16 cents per serving. I calculated that each slice of bread was 16 cents per slice. I calculated the jelly was 8 cents a serving. I made two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for less than a dollar.

Those two sandwiches satisfied my hunger. It was a yummy snack. It wasn't any less healthy than eating a McDonald's hamberger.

Contrast this cost for two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with what I purchased earlier. I purchased and egg, bacon and cheese biscuit, hash brown, and coffee for almost 6 dollars earlier in the day. What a difference.

The calorie count was about the same in the end for both meals too. It may not be convenient to go to the grocery store, but it is more cost effective. I also have a two pound bottle of peanut butter left over, a loaf of bread, and jelly. This means more meals in the future.

I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It's easy for me to keep consuming those. I know people who aren't fond of peanut butter. I can't imagine that not liking peanut butter.

It makes sense to take some time to prepare your food. I like McDonald's. I know many of the people who run their corporation. I like a lot of fast foods, like Wendy's.

I don't have money to pour down the drain. It's more economical for me to prepare my food ahead of time. I carry boiled eggs with me. Yes, the cost of eggs is up. But, compare that to the cost of a McDonald's egg sandwich. I get a dozen eggs for less than the cost of that sandwich.

I love to sit and chit chat with friends in a restaraunt. But, for the cost of a meal, I can buy two days of food that I can prepare for myself.

I have a friend that I was treating to lunch each week. I enjoy the chit chat. But, I don't enjoy paying the bill. My friend isn't out anything for the meal. I am. It's cheaper being by myself, and then enjoying my own company.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Still Around 180-Pounds

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 180.4-pounds.
That's down from yesterday, but still up over the record.

This is getting old.

This morning I set my clock to get up at 5:45 AM. Something woke me at around 1:00 AM. I tried to go back to sleep for over an hour. Finally I couldn't take the hunger anymore. I had to get up and eat something. I ate a few gingerbread cookies, and a couple graham crackers.

It's like that sometimes. When I wake up and cannot sleep. Usually I just drink some tea with honey, but that didn't work this time. So, I decided to eat something. As a result, I am over my calorie count for the day.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Still Floating Around That 180-Pounds Target

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182-pounds.
That's up almost three pounds from yesterday.

Don't ask me why. I don't have the answer. It could be what I have been writing all along.
But, I think I have stirred that topic enough. It's beginning to stink.

So, how long will it take for me to get down to 160-pounds? Ummm, I don't know.

I have been pretty careful with my food consumption on most days. There have been some where I went over my calories. But I think I have had four of those during the last two weeks.

We will just have to wait and see, won't we?

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 179.4-pounds.
No commentary today. I am out of time, and got to go.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Obesity And Cancer, Could There Be A Link?

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 178-pounds.
Didn't I tell you that it was stuff waiting to leave?

So how did I blast out 7-pounds of brown stuff?
In the middle of the day I drank down a tall glass of water with one scoop of colon cleaner, and two scoops of Metamuscil mixed in. Three hours later I reaped the process of a large glass of water, one scoop of colon cleaner, and two scoops of Metamuscil.

This of course was over and above the recommended amounts on the containers. It did get the job done. Need I say more?

Again, this is a ookey topic. I don't like it either. Only the reality is we have problems getting off those extra pounds. I do, and maybe you do too. It's naive to think I can ignore some things. I am writing my experiences for someone out there who is in "The Battle Of The Bulge"

Years ago I read about John Wayne the famous actor. The article mentioned when he was autopsied after his death there was over 20-pounds of fecal in his intestines.

Folks that's too much poop. Hey, if you aren't moving out the brown stuff ever time you eat a meal, then there is a problem. You don't want that brown stuff sitting in your intestines smelling up the joint.

I wasn't moving like I should. So, I had to do the unthinkable. I blasted the stuff out. Now, everything is moving normally. I'm Sooooooo sorry that I had to share this with you.

I am back at just over my record for weight loss in this season.

My Friend Send Me An Article Cancer, And Obesity
Obesity Raises Cancer Risk

"FRIDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The more weight you carry on your body, the greater your odds of developing cancer, British researchers report."

You can read the rest of the article if you like.

My thoughts are these: There are other risks that come into play from being obese. We the preponderants are surely wrecking our quality of life.

Let's assume God hasn't ordained today, or the next few weeks to go home. I mean die. If this is so, then what ought we do for "ourselves" to improve the quality of our lives?

Should we smoke cigarettes until we smell like a walking chimney? No!
Should we drink alcohol until we are so addicted that we need a drink before noon time? No!
Should we eat everything that we can eat? No!

We have an obligation to ourselves to strive to keep those pounds off. It's for no other reason than to improve the quality of life for "ourselves." It's the "ME" in the formula.

When I decided to write this blog, I had to think about what will get people thinking. I don't know.

How about this? I am a human being like you. I have the darndest, whacky stuff happen to me. I could write a book about my misfortunes. I have had nature turn on me. I have equipment fail on me. I have had friends who should know better put knives solidly in my back to wreck my employment.

Here is the thing. I turn hard into the Creator of the Universe. You need to turn hard into him as well. Push against the gates of heaven and demand an answer for you troubles.

If your weight is an issue, like mine, then storm heaven for relieve. I did, and here I am. I have other things as well. But, this one, being so overweight that I couldn't move, was a big one.

Bye for now....

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

I Lost Four-Pounds Over Night... I Wonder Why?

Hello weight losing fans...

Greetings from Portage, Wisconsin. Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital Scale weighing in at 180.4-pounds. That's down 4-pounds from yesterday.

What happened? I told you that it was stuff waiting to leave. I may have gained maybe one pound this week. Maybe...

I will probably come in under 180-pounds tomorrow. The reason I know that is because I just had some very unexpected exercise.

We shall see tomorrow.

I wrote something yesterday that may have freaked some people out. It was about a normal body function. I am not trying to be a gross-nic.

I am always amazed when I read other peoples blogs, how they are able to keep at that one weight they set within one pound or so. I guess I am not so lucky. My weight goes all over the charts. It does it for different reasons.

Yours will too. The trick is trying to figure out what caused the extra poundage.

I was watching wrestling yesterday on You Tube. There were two guys wrestling in a College tournament that was being televised and recorded. The narrator said that one young man had to lose 11-pounds in less than a week to get into the tournament. His reason, "I guess the kid was retaining fluids." Now, that's just a paraphrase, and close to what was said.

You get what I am writing. There are many reasons your weight will go up, and down. Since my blog isn't meant to be pornographic, and discusting, I will leave all the possibilities up to your imaginations.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

I've Come A Long Way Baby

Hello weight losing fans...

Are you ready for this one? Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital Scale weighing in at 184.8-pounds(83.824 Kilograms Body Mass). I know you're surprised.

I told you it's stuff waiting to leave. For the last three days I have been at a family members house. There I have eaten well. I have had a few more carbohydrates per meal than I usually eat, I have had many cans of diet soda, and I have had chocolates, and cookies. Oops. I am such a bad boy.

Even so, I am not convinced that this is all fat. I came home and I have already gone below 184-pounds. So, I am retaining fluids because of the diet soda, and the high sodium content in it. Also, I haven't eliminated other wastes like I should.

I came home and before I came out to post I decided that I was going to have to do some internal blasting here. The pipes are plugged up. So I took some colon cleaner, and I am waiting to see what that does.

I drink protein powder. One of the draw backs of drinking so much protein powder is I back up. Everything comes to a halt for some reason. So, I have to blast it out.

This might happen to you too. If you are trying to lose weight, and you reduce down what you normally eat, and take protein powder as I am recommending, then you too might get backed up.

This is only stuff waiting to make its way out.

Have I had some extra pieces of chocolate? Yes, I have. Late last night I was sitting looking at some stuff on the Internet. Earlier I had seen a bag of dove chocolates sitting on the couch. I ate the remaining pieces in the bag. When I wanted a diet soda, I opened the refrigerator, and there was a bag of "Weight Watchers Coconut Chocolates" there. I took out two pieces of those and ate them. Each of the little "Weight Watchers coconut chocolates" was 50 calories. Hmmmm? It seems to me, even if it's "Weight Watchers" it still is packed with calories.

I am not discouraged by all this. First I know from where I came. I have on my waist a belt that is eleven inches longer than I need. It's because it's the same belt I wore when I was at a 46 inch waist line. I have sitting on my give away pile of clothes five pairs of bluejeans that are way to large to wear anymore. I have three pairs of pants in the closet that still have the tags on them and they are too large as well. So, I have come a long way baby.

I know where I am going to go to. I know that I am going to make it to 160-pounds. This is in spite of all my critics who think I should stay at this weight.

Today I Helped An Old Lady Up The Stairs
Today Some old woman needed help up the stairs where I live. I grabbed her cart and ran up the stairs and waited for her to make her way up the stairs. She didn't want me to help her up the stairs. Last year I wouldn't have had the energy for that. I would have huffed and puffed up the stairs myself. I have come a long way.

I am not discouraged by a temporary turn around. I am not discouraged that this morning I didn't wake up weighing in at 175-pounds (79.379-Kilograms body mass).
Eventually I will get there. It just takes time.

How about you? Are you making any attempts to lose weight, or body mass? Ugh, I hate having to include the kilograms. I just don't know who is going to read this blog, and only thinks using the metric system.

If you have to lose weight in pounds, or mass in Kilograms, you too are going to experience the ups and downs. You are going to see your weight take bigs leaps up. And there will be times when you won't seem to lose anything at all.

Don't give up, and don't give in. You are on the same planet we all are on. We all have things we struggle with. If you are like me, and you are bigger than you ought to be, don't give up, and don't give in.

Someone commented this was a gross topic today. I am not a ghoul that revels in what's gross. We are human, and being human we have deal with the gross. I expect people have common sense.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane.

You Can Exercise, But, You Still Have To Contol What You Eat

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 182.6-pounds. I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital Scale at a body mass of 82.826-Kilograms.

Last night I went overboard. It's stuff waiting to make it's way out, that's all.

Now, you can see the weight can jump quickly up into the wrong direction. What causes that? Many things can cause it. It could be water retention. The last couple days I have drank diet soda, which I think aides in fluid retention. It could be backed up plumbing. In other words the body has not eliminated waste products.

It could be fat. And then again it could be muscle.

What, how can it be muscle? One of the things that I don't write about is how I exercise. I don't have a gym. It's cold as can be outside, and there is ice everywhere. So, I am not going to be out hitting the dusty trails.

I have been exercising. Yes, I put the radio on an FM music station that has some music with a beat, then I do shallow squats until absolute exhaustion. I do exercises without weights. I do stretches and twists. Then I do exercises like pushing hard against an unmovable wall. I just don't boast about it.

I have been upping the protein powder, and the protein from meat, and eggs. Last night I ate a large amount of chicken. It still didn't make it out the back door.

So, is it muscle, or is it fat? I think it could be either. I suspect it's fluid retention because of diet soda, and because of a backed up sewer system.

I am on top of it though. I am using a high fiber product. I take my vitamins. I try to do what I can.

More People Are Telling Me Don't Lose More Weight
Two more people this week have told me that my face looks too lean. One woman said my jaw line is too narrow. Another person said my face looks tired, and drawn.

I protest and tell them that I still have fat around my middle. I am told well exercise and trim it off. You know, these people don't exercise themselves. I can tell by looking at them.

Here is the dynamics of fat. Fat is stored energy. The body uses fat to cushion organs. The body uses fat in the brain for cushioning. We have to have fat. Woman store fat in different parts of the body because they are designed to have children. When that baby is inside, it becomes one more thing the womans body will feed. So, whens she gets hungry the body has fat in storage to draw out energy.

Fat is made up from chains of sugar. The body assembles and disassembles these chains of sugar when the need arises. When the body is overloaded with insulin, and it doesn't need that energy it turns to fat. When the body is famished it takes the fat as energy. It also takes muscle too.

The body has to break down the fat and turn it back to energy. If I exercise to get off the fat, the body will take fat from anywhere it wants. I can't point at my stomach and say only take the fat from here. No, my body will take the fat from where it wants to.

Well, what about spot reduction with twists, etc. That only conditions the underlying muscle. I can add muscle to the underlying structures. But, as far as the fat goes on the surface, it will stay there until it's burned off. This means using up calories.

I have a friend who treads mills, and runs, and weight lifts. He has exercised for years, and years, and years. He is fat. It's only because he overeats. His body stores the fat that he doesn't burn off. Even though he exercises, he is still fat. I have watched him eat. It's no wonder he's fat.

Exercise can build muscle. Exercise can condition muscle. Exercise can add to the fat burning process. That's because the body needs energy under physical exertion.

If you want to lose fat, you will have to eat less food. Eat more protein, eat those greens vegetables. Understand that eating a lot of sugar just opens the door to food cravings and poor nutrition. OK, and I am not perfect there either. So, there.

I am not saying you can't have cookies. Goodness gracious you should see how many Christmas Cookies I ate this year. But, many times, those cookies were my breakfast, or my lunch. That was all I would allow myself.

There has to be a compromise. There has to be a trade off. You can have that granola bar, but then you may have to skip eating that biscuit.

You should eat apples and fruit if you have a sweet tooth. I know, I know, chocolate chip cookies can be addicting. I know. You don't have to tell me.

I am not telling you it's easy. I am not saying you won't have days when you crash land. I am saying you have to start adapting. That is because you are entering into an eternal war zone. You are going to fighting "The Battle Of The Bulge."
If you are like me, that battle will never end.
When I hit that 160-pound target (72.575-Kilograms of mass),I will have to remain ever vigilante.

By the way, Jerrod the kid who lost ten pounds eating subway sub sandwiches is celebrating 10 years today keeping his weight normal.

Good Luck to you.

Good Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Are You Going To Be A Big Loser? I Mean Weight / Body Mass

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital Scale weighing in at 179.4-pounds. That's 81.375 Kilograms body mass. I am up from yesterday, and just below that 180-target.
This is only because I had a meal last night, and some cookies. (Hypocrite...) It' only stuff waiting to leave.

Last night I came and visited a family member. This family member wishes she could get off her extra poundage. She has a problem. She can't leave the snacks alone.

As I was typing on her computer last night, she walked into the room with an unopened package of chocolate chip cookies. She sat down with the cookies in her lap and proceeded to open the package.

I had my food log with me and realized that I had about 300 calories to spare. So, I indulged in some of those chocolate chip cookies. She did more than indulge, she consumed one side of the package.

Each cookie was 60 calories. She had about 10 or more before she closed the bag.

I have a question. How many times have we done this? How many times have we thoughlessly consumed food? Then when we see our bloated stomachs, and our fat fannies we wish it was different.

When I decided to lose weight I decided that I was going to have to give up the need to eat something sweet anytime I had an urge. I had to decide when I finish a meal, I am not going to have a dessert. Now, I have had cookies along the way. Only, I look at my log and ask myself, should I eat this?

If you are going loss weight, and you are serious, then it's time to develope a sense of caution when eating. You wouldn't deliberately drink down poison, would you? Well, would you let someone glue you into a wheel chair for the rest of your adult life? Would you wish to be purchasing expensive drugs for the rest of your life, like high blood pressure medicine, diabetes medication, etc. ?

You will get these problems and more if you don't start to excercise caution while eating. Oh, you will feel a sense of self consciousness when you do. You'll feel deprived when you do. I did.

I keep writing over and over, and over, and over: EAT LESS FOOD. We over eat. We stress out our physical system with too much food. We jack up our insulin levels with sweets, and carbohydrates, until it effects everything our body does. Then we wonder why we get sick.

We eat the wrong kind of food too. I am not knocking sugar per say, but how many cans of Coca Cola do you really need in one day? How many cookies will you eat until you are satisfied? How much do we need to satisfy our food cravings?

Did you ever think you eat too much? Did you ever really look at the kind of food you consume? Did you ever wonder about your contribution to your obesity?

Did you ever wonder what it might be like if you got down to a resonable size? Do you ever wonder?

I am not into the power of positive thinking crowd. I am not into the gung-ho we're going to tackle it crowd. Here is why. These type of people are usually obcessed with what they want, more than anyone else around them. I know, I have worked with them.

I am into trying to find a way to fix a problem. Being overweight is a problem. And, if you are honest with yourself, you will have to admit it too.

Actions Cause A Reaction
Your actions cause a reaction. To much food in the system causes the body to react. When you eat, it starts pumping digestive juices to digest food. It starts pumping chemicals for food digestion and food processing. It starts kicking in enzymes and hormones, and all kinds of things so you can process that food and get it to the cells.

When it's done processing it has to eliminate that waste product. If you ate a lot of food and you don't eliminate regularly, the food sits inside the intestines. It rots inside you as it waits to find it's way out.
That rotting mess of food sits inside the very organs designed to absorb nutrients and minerals.
What do you think gets absorbed if there isn't fresh waste for your body to process? Yes it's the old crap.

Did you ever think about your insulin levels. Are you aware that to much insulin in the body for too long causes the body to malfunction. Insulin is used to change sugar into a usable source of energy in the cells. If there is too much insulin, then that means the body is over loaded.

Eating sugary foods, like cake, candy, and carbohydrates keeps the body continuosly pumping insulin into the body. Small amounts of insulin are what the body needs. It can't handle large loads of insulin.

The body has to have a break too. Like anything else we can wear ourselves out. If we are constantly pumping food into our bodies, we don't give the body a break. I wrote should we graze? Yes, I think we can graze. When we graze I mean nibble. I mean only eating a predetermined calorie count as well.

If you are struggling with your weight, like I was, then you are the one who has to make the necessary changes. It has to be something you do for yourself.

Finding the motivation you need to get off the pounds will depend on how strong you believe in a better future being thinner.

I am not writing all your problems will go away. Hilary Clinton, Barak Hussein Obama will still be out there. I can't help you there. The war in Iraq will still be there. Your boss will still be there.

I can write this. Quit filling your mouth up until you are brimming over with food.

In the end you are going to have to do a personal internal audit. You have to ask yourself do I even care enought to try to get this weight off.

Biggest Loser Busts Peoples Butts
I was talking to a woman who likes to watch the biggest loser for entertainment. I was kidding and said, "maybe I should gain 100 pounds and then go on the show. I said I would lose all the weight and then become rich and famous." This woman snapped back, "oh the woman trainers would kick my butt." Really?

I never saw a complete episode of the biggest loser. I watched part of one episode where they were weighing the preponderants. I felt sorry for them.

I couldn't figure out why people are entertained by a bunch of people who are fat, and are getting psychologially abused by a bunch of narcistsic jerks. That's entertainment?

People can't do something more constructive with their time? Hey how about learning to play an instrument? I'm learning to play the quitar. How about learning some Spanish? How about doing something more fun than watching a reality show?

I don't have TV at home. I don't make a lot of money to waste on cable or satelitte. I don't have the time because I am gone a lot. It's not worth it to me.

But, what about the biggest loser? Are you one of them? Do you have to have someone abuse you so you will finally do what it takes to lose weight?

And so what if the whole world sees? What is it going to be for you? How will you be better off? Think about it. Do it for yourself, not anyone else.

Bye for now....

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

A Real Person, Who Lost Real Weight / Body Mass

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 178.6-pounds. Oops, thats 81.012-kilograms-body-mass. Phew it's hard to get used to the global economy. I keep forgetting I am in America.

This is now five days consecutively below that 180-pound target. Oops, I forgot it's supposed to be 81.647-kilograms-body-mass.

Now for you Americans who aren't used to the Metric System of calculating, I will continue to list for a while in pounds. Come on get with it, we're supposed to be a part of the global economy. Get with it all you weaklings. It's survival of the fittest.

Hey, don't look at pounds any more, those don't fit the system. It's Kilograms of body mass, don't you get it? Just kidding you... Oh come on...

I Am A Real Person
This morning I was thinking about what I would post today. I was also wondering who reads what I am writing?

Early on in my posting of this blog a woman from Australia contacted me. So far, this is the only woman from around the world I know of who has read my blog and then made a comment.

But, I am wondering, is someone from Great Britain reading this blog? Is someone else from Australia reading this blog? Has anyone who knew me in the past dared to Google my name: David Dane? How about some of the people who I had a brief time befriending, do they ever wonder what happened to me? Oh, I am such a Narcissistic Jerk.
I wonder.

When I started writing this blog, I was very reluctant to. I had a friend who was after me for four months. He kept at me to write on the Internet. Finally I gave in.

My first thoughts were, "What in the world can I write about?" Well, I thought that I would start writing about my weight loss. My hope was that someone somewhere would read what I was writing and then get inspired to lose weight.

Now, on the left of this blog is a list of archived posts that I have written. I am now over 300 posts. I have been at this blog since April of 2007.

I am writing, and telling you I am a real live human being. I was overweight. I had to figure out how to lose this weight, and lose it without killing myself. I stumbled along. I grunted and groaned as my body which seemed to be possessed by the Hunger Monster began it's fight to resist my efforts.

Why would I write this? Aren't we tired of the people who dump their emotions out onto the Internet and over the TV? I am. Tell me something, do you want to continue to drag your fanny up the stairs? For you British out there: Are you tired of dragging your bum up the stairs? Are you tired of huffing and puffing? I was. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired.

I now know how to get the weight off and keep it off. It wasn't easy. It's, "The Battle Of The Bulge." This is what we are fighting.

Let me make this easy for you. EAT LESS FOOD is my mantra.
How? Well, look at the archives. Read some of the things that I have been writing.

I have to get going because I am running out of time. Maybe I will continue later.

Speaking of Real Life People: Read what a real woman Dinah Soar wrote about using Coconut Oil; click on Dinah Soar.

Are You Eating Enough Protein?

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto the Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 177.2-pounds.
Oops, I should write 80.37-kilograms. That's 8037-grams-body-mass.

I am at my weight loss record for this weight loss season. I am at a different record for this weight loss season. This is my forth day below the 180-target. Oops, it should be my 72.57-kilogram target.

Are The Weight Loss Gurus Missing The Point?
Yesterday I wrote in my post that my body fat percentage is changing.

I went back and looked at my records and realized that I wasn't consuming enough protein during this weight loss season.

How do I know? I looked up the recommended daily amount of protein. According to the source I checked, it's recommended that an adult should consume 60 grams of protein each day.
Actually it works out to more than that because my source wrote it should be one gram for every kilogram of body weight. No more pounds. It's all kilograms, and grams.

I should be eating 80 grams of protein a day.

I am including an article that explains what happens when we don't get enough protein. Click on the Harvard School Protein Article.

I have been writing all along don't kill yourself trying to lose weight. I am critical of people who think it's OK to fast off those pounds.
I am critical of people who think that the way to lose weight is by eating nothing but salads.
I am critical of people who don't think through the weight losing process.

I can't get into your head. I can say that this study supports what I am saying. People need to get a balance of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals.

When I embarked on this weight loss season for a while there I was way, way too low for my actual physical needs. I did blunder into a weight loss solution. I figured out that EATING LESS FOOD is the proper way to lose weight. However, I still had to figure out how many calories I had to consume. I was also well aware of the fact that I needed more protein.

Protein is essential for the body to function properly. If you don't consume enough protein on a reduced calorie intake of food, then the body will get what it needs from the muscle tissue.

This could mean serious trouble for the heart, and muscle tissues.

For years we have seen it advertised on TV, on the radio, and in magazines that we need to eat a reduced fat diet. Everyone was concerned that fat was the cause of people getting ill health. Well, the birds are coming home to roost, and the truth is being discovered.

When people reduced the fat, they ended up avoiding many of the sources that produce fat. In return they avoided the sources that provided the necessary sources of protein. In effect more people may have been hurt more from not eating meat than if they had eaten meat.

Doctor Atkins had been preaching all along the importance of protein. Now, it's being discovered after his death that he was right all along. Click on the link to Doctor Atkins's Web Site

I am not saying you have to turn into a complete Atkins follower. I did the Doctor Atkins's diet. (Mind you he was a certified Medical Doctor.) I lost 60-pounds. With this diet I got plenty of protein. I got sick of doing the lifestyle.

I advocate a combination of Doctor Atkins's diet, and at the same time reducing down calories. But, no one who is human can continue living on a high protein diet. We humans crave more than just meat. For instance, I just love to eat Ginger Bread Cookies.

So, what will work? EAT LESS FOOD works. Make sure you eat lots of green vegetables, and that protein. It could be chicken, fish, or even the oh so scandalous red meat. Purchase and consume a vitamin supplement.

According to the government the minimum daily consumption of protein for an adult is around 60 grams. Did you know that an egg is only 10% of the daily amount of protein the government recommends?

So, let me get this straight. Everyone is worried about too much fat, but they never considered the damage people were causing themselves because they didn't consume enough protein.

It makes me wonder, have the health Gurus been wrong along? How many people have died because of heart disease caused not from too much fat, but in fact they didn't consume enough protein? I wonder.

I had to warn a family member about this. She has been complaining about being tired all the time. She has been in a weight loss group most of her adult life. Every time she went to weigh in the day before she would cheat and not eat any food at all. She did this for years. Now, she has put on more pounds than she should have. Her muscle is gone, and her skin hangs.

What would she be like if she had consumed protein like she should have? I have been telling her to drink her protein powder. I have been getting onto her about eating properly. She has to quit fasting to meet those weight loss goals too.

It's a good idea to start looking at the food panels on packaged food to figure out the protein content.

I am not worried about fat grams. Here is why. I have lost weight. I am down 60-pounds. My cholesterol has dropped through the floor. It went down 40 points. My heart rate has dropped to a resting rate of around 60 beats per minute. Gee... and I have Christmas Cookies, and candy bars along the way. Imagine that.

I now look at the panels for calories, and for the protein content. I am now recording the protein content. This is so I can make sure I am consuming enough protein. As of yet, I am not worried about those fat grams. Perhaps I will find I am wrong there too.

If I am wrong, how can anyone explain my cholesterol going down? Hmmm....could it be the calories count?

Speaking of real people Dinah has written a post about Coconut Oil click on and read her thoughts

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane

I'll See You At The Fat Farm

Hello weight losing fans...

Today I stepped up onto that Magical-Digital-Scale weighing in at 178-pounds.
This is three days consecutively I have been below that 180-target.
This is a record for this weight loss season because I have only had two consecutive days where I have stayed below that 180-target. The rest of the time I have been up, and down around that 180-target.

I am still scratching my head. My Body Fat Percentage is still going up. Yep, it was at 25% this morning.

I have a scale that I call the Magical-Mystical-Digital Scale. I purchased this scale for three reasons. It was on sale for ten dollars off. It was a digital scale with big readable numbers. It had a nifty feature in that it could display body fat percentages, which as of late have me perplexed.

This Magical-Mystical-Digital scale has two metal plates. When I stand on this little machine it screams ouch get off... no, no, just kidding. When I stand on this scale it sends an electronic pulse through my one foot which races up through my body down to the other foot.
Somehow the scale calculates my body fat from there. (Something in the instructions says something about algorithms...whatever...)

This is why I call it a Magical-Mystical-Digital Scale.

Lately, when I stand on it I have been mystified. I keep seeing the body fat percentage (Body Fat Index >BFI) going up, and up. My weight has been creeping down, slowly, but that BFI, is not. For a while there my BFI was going down along with my weight.
Hmmm?

I never really gave much thought to my BFI. Sometimes I recorded it, and most of the times I didn't. I know when I started this weight lose season my BFI was at around 37%., and then it got down to 20%-21%; when I hit 180-pounds.

By the way, I was considered obese, because I started this weight lose season at around 240-pounds. Go to the archives and see I have written that I have been higher than 240-pounds.

Back to my BFI... So, I am wondering what's going on? I am losing weight. OK... What am I losing, muscle, or fat? If my Magical-Mystical-Digital-Scale is telling me the truth, then I have a problem. (Oh, this time I just wish it would lie to me, as much as so many people do.) My muscle is burning off.

Yes, it's the one thing every fitness nut dreads, the body is going after the muscle. Why am I concerned? Well, my heart is made of muscle. Much of my involuntary movements, like digestion, and swallowing, and breathing are in compliance with the movement of muscle.
When the muscle disappears, then the body can't move, and function.
This is why I warn people over, and over, and over: "Don't Fast off that weight. Don't starve off that fat. You'll kill yourself."

When I decided to lose weight, I wasn't really sure that I was going to be successful this time. I had been doing the Atkins's diet. I lost 60-pounds doing that. This time, the Atkins's diet didn't take. Yep, my body said, "Nope, this won't work this time dude. You're gonna have to find a different way to get off these pounds." My body kicked into reverse and started adding back the poundage. It didn't matter how carefully I stuck to the Atkins's diet. I could eat nothing but meat, and eggs all day long, and the pounds kept adding.

When I decided to lose weight, I couldn't tell my body which part it was going to consume for fat either. My legs got skinny first, then my neck, then my arms, and finally my middle started. This is my problem area.

Excercise would have helped to tone, and to shape my body. In the end it's up to the body and it's normal functions to figure out how it's going to burn up the extra energy called fat.

This is what has me concerned. I know the body goes after muscle before fat. You should too. This is why I drink the protein powders. This is why I still make sure I consume meat.

The human body needs Amino Acids. It takes those Amino Acids from the protein we consume, or it takes it from the muscle in your body. Yes, it even goes after vital muscle such as the heart muscle.

Karen Carpenter died from heart failure because her heart muscle couldn't function anymore. I am sure other functions shut down as well. She starved herself to death.

I have to end this commentary for today. I am going to end it here with these last thoughts:
If you decide you need to lose weight, be sensible about it. Eat proteins like chicken, and other meats, or find a good vegetable substitute. You can even purchase protein powders. I consume protein powders, and I eat meat.
Make sure you are eating a variety of vegetables. Yes you can eat large salads. Don't be foolish and think that's all you need to live on.
You can eat that donut for breakfast. But remember, that's all you get until lunch. And, don't think you can continue eating donuts everyday, and then ignore all the other foods vital to your survival.

Finally: it sucks trying to lose weight. I have had to give up so much to do it. I have had to quit eating big pizzas, bags of Oreo Cookies, two and three donuts for breakfast, and even my beer and wine. Yep, I have had to bite the bullet consuming alcohol. Argh...

Here is the difference between me, and the other weight loss gurus: I didn't like doing this. I didn't wake up on a bright early morning, slide off the bed, stretch out my arms smiling and say, "Oh, I am going to lose some weight today. Let's set some positive mental goals."

No, I pissed and moaned through the whole process. My body kicked the day-lights out of me. I got incredible hunger, I got headaches, and dizzy. I had to deal with my mood swings as my body faced rejection. Yes, the body hates giving up it's precious food.

You will have to sacrifice all the delicious wonderful food you have gotten so accustomed to consuming on a whim. Those days will be gone forever. Sorry about that...

Oh, you don't have to. Well, I'll see you at the government sponsored fat farm. I'll sit and play chess with you through the fence. Maybe they'll let me visit you on the inside.
Oh, come on...Don't whine to much, you can lick your fingers for more flavor.

Bye for now...

And that's the way it is...I'm David Dane