Hello Weight Losing Fans....

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.2-Pounds.

OKAY, that's been around 215-Pounds for what seems like forever...

I really don't have anything profound to write...

As a later additional statement to this post today. When I got home I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 213.4-Pounds... That's down One Pound from this morning.

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

It's Under 215-Pounds

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

It's Sunday and Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.6-Pounds.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

215-Pounds For Ever.... ?

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.6-Pounds.

So here I am hovering around 215....

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.6-Pounds.

I am just hanging around that 215-Pounds...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Up Some Today

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.4-Pounds. Yes, that's up over 1-Pound from yesterday. It's because some friend invited me over for dinner last night...
It was good.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

My Weight Is The Same Two Days In A Row, And Below 215-Pounds

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.2-Pounds.
That's the same two days in a row...

Don't ask me what happened, because I haven't been doing anything real different.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Back Under 215

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.2-Pounds.

That isn't anything to crow in the morning hours about. It's better than it's been...

Now, you may be wondering what happened. Well, it's called work, and long hours away from home.
It seems that when I am away it's harder to abstain from certain foods.
It's hard ...

Saturday I put in 15-hours. It was only supposed to be a 5 hour day. But, the customer was the military folks and they claimed the order was wrong. So there I was stuck hanging out all day with another driver waiting out of town to bring the military back late at night. I ate a big lunch because I didn't eat that much for breakfast.. I was so hungry. There it was the next day on the scale....

Well, maybe that was the cause...

Anyway, it is what it is...


That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.6-Pounds.

That's the way it is.. I'm David Dane

It's Bad News Day...!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 218.8-Pounds.

Oh Argh...!

Okay, I Am Back Down...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.8-Pounds.

That's better than what's been going on... But, I am not happy with this.

I have been working, and working, day after day. It's been so hard to regulate my food consumption.

Let's face it, I get tempted just like everyone else does. I want to overeat just like everyone else does.

It's hard folks... It really is...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.2-Pounds.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 218.2-Pounds.

That's a shocker... Yep, it just seems like I've lost all control.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

This is the second day I don't know what my weight is....

Sorry, I was up in Wisconsin without a scale....

That's all for now... I'm David Dane

NO Weight Today

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at ??????

I Don't Know....

I am up in Wisconsin at my cousins, and have no way of weighing myself.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 220-Pounds.

Yes, that is true... Last night I going to work and was passing by this new Buffet restaurant. It was called the Crazy Buffet. I went in and saw it was oriental cuisine. So I decided to eat there.
Oh, I ate, and ate... The only reason I stopped eating was I had to get to work at 6 PM.

Then did you want to know what I did this morning? I went to breakfast with my brother, and had three large pancakes, along with three sausage links. Tonight I am having a large burrito for dinner...
So there you have it...

So there you have it... I've thrown all my cares to the wind....

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Okay, I Am Losing It...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 217.8-Pounds.

Is it because I ate a beef sandwich, French Fries, and a small chocolate shake yesterday at Portillo's?

Golly I don't know.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.6-Pounds..

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

The Weight Is Averaging Out.

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216-Pounds.

That's better than the other days...

I am still working on the post for the 19th of October. I will back date it..

I have been working all the time and just do not have the time to post and write. It's really a pain in my rear end....

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Weight Closer To Where It Usually Is...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.2-Pounds.
This is certainly better than what happened a couple days ago. I was unable to post any thing about it because I have been working each day. However I am writing something which I will back date and post....

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans....

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 219-Pounds. Oh Argh...!

Last night I took a large group of college students to Kennilworth, IL... They were at the home of one of the students, and were a very wealthy couple who are the owners.

They had dinner catered for all the kiddies, in their lovely home. I was invited in. This was at around 7 PM.... So it was late ... I ate about 4 pieces of chicken along with pasta, and some desert. So that's the food that is just sitting around waiting to go.

That's the way it is... I'm david dane

I Am Down A Little Bit..!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.8-Pounds...
Or was it 215.6-Pounds... It's another day the scale wasn't able to make up its mind again...

That is 3-Pounds off my 212.6-Pound Low of recent months....

Oh well, it is what is ....

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Man, I Can't Get Over This Hump...!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.2-Pounds...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Can't Seem To Change

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 217-Pounds.

So why am I gaining? I Don't know.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Weight Up Again...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 218.8-Pounds.

That's a big jump. The only thing I can say is I was out until 3 AM in the Morning and had a late night meal.

That's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Enjoying A Warm Fall Day On The Bike...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.6-Pounds....
Or was it that I was 214.8-Pounds... Yeah, it was another day my scale couldn't make up its mind.
The good news is that I am back under 215-Pounds today.

Yeah, I guess Dinah Soar must have been right when she stated in a comment I was retaining water because of the sodium content in all the left over Chinese Cuisine that I was consuming for days....

Today I had the day off, so I jumped onto the old ten speed bike to head off to the library to post this.

I am perspiring as usual, along with huffing and puffing some. It's fun though. I enjoy every bump and crack in the road. I also enjoy dodging impatient drivers who even though I have a bright green shirt on seem not to notice me.

The day is very bright and comfortable for a fall day.

I love the days like this. I also like rainy days in the fall, but then I wouldn't even try to ride on a day like that.

It's a day to say, "Thank You God...!"

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hmmm, Water Retention?

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.8-Pounds.
Or was it 217-Pounds?

It's another day of which my Scale couldn't figure out what my weight was supposed to be. ..

I stood square on the scale, and got two different numbers when I clicked to start the readings....

Oh well, maybe I have flexi-weight....

Dinah Sore commented yesterday that my excessive weight is because of high water retention due to the fact the last four days I have been eating the leftovers of Chinese food given to me by one of my customers in two very large dogie bags...

I hope that's true. Yesterday I ate about three cups of rice with vegetables mixed in. Before I went to sleep I ate some yogurt cups, and a couple cups of whole milk. I was so hungry before beddy-bye-time.

So there you have it.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

UP, UP, AND AWAY I GUESS...!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 218.2-Pounds.

Yep, that's up above the 215-Pounds that I have been hovering around, but it's below yesterdays 220.2-Pounds.

Honestly, I don't get it... I have been eating Chinese Food that is loaded with some meat, and a lot of vegetables. Yet, here I am....

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Unbelievable

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 220.6-Pounds...

I can not believe this.... 

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Not Good Today....

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 217.8-Pounds.

I know that's hard to believe....

That's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Knee Problems? Maybe You Should Get An ACE Supporter

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.8-Pounds.

I actually don't think that is so bad. Yesterday I was out of town in Sandwich, Illinois and had a gyro sandwich, and French Fries. Then I drank a half can of Dr. Pepper.

So for me to step on the scale and see that, I am thinking not so bad....


I wrote a couple days ago that I have had some problems with my feet, and my knee.
I went to the local Walgreen's and purchased an ACE knee supporter. It cost me almost $20.00...
So far it's been worth it. I wore it part of the day when I purchased it. Yesterday I wore it all day at work. I take it off when I go to bed.

The knee support seems to be helping tremendously. At first it was hard to get used to wearing. Then I got to the point I don't even think about it anymore.

What it does is it tightly supports my lower thigh, and upper calf, with a semi-ridged cup around the knee joint. It helps the knee to stop popping every time I step.

I am now considering getting one for the right knee too....

Walking long distances has been much easier with the knee joint being supported.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane.

Riding The Bike For Fun... Not Fitness...

Hello Weight Losing Fans....

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.6-Pounds.

Yep that is up. I expected that was going to happen. I ate late last night past 9:00 PM because someone gave me dogie bags of Chinese Food, and I was so, so hungry.

So that extra poundage is just what's sitting in my tummy, and colon.

Today I had the day off, and decided to ride my bike some. I took the bike to get a hair cut. Then I took the bike to the public library to get online.

Ya know, that bike is a pain in my arse... literally. The tires are so thin. The bike is light and easy to pick up physically. Because of that every bump in the road becomes a new experience in stinging pain on my fanny, and hands.

I really don't know why anyone would want a racing bike. I took the bike to the shop and asked if the front rim could be tuned. The guy said no it's bent.
I asked what happened? He told me someone probably hit the curb or something. Well, hell I didn't know this thing was so delicate. I know I didn't bend the rim. I hardly rode it when someone gave it to me last year.  I am so glad I didn't pay for it.  As I said, it was given to me.

Honestly though... I may give up riding this thing. It's to hard on the body.  I can get up to speed pretty quick with it, only in town, I have to stop every block. You know obey the traffic laws, etc....

Every crack and bump becomes a new experience in pain.

I have been having fun riding it though. I have been huffing and puffing on it and felt the perspiration when I got off and went to the library.

I am not riding it for fitness, as much as I am riding just for the fun... I am enduring the pain.

Maybe it's just I've gotten so wimpy in my aging years... Yeah, I am now a soft wimpy old man...

Perhaps I'll get some physical benefit out of riding it... Maybe....?

Oh well that's just the way it is, I guess.....

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

To Late To Be Eating...!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.2-Pounds.

Excuse me for this late post. I went to work this morning so, so early, and then had no access to an online computer. I just put in 16 hours of work and I am heading home.

I don't expect my weight tomorrow to be any better because I didn't eat anything since 5 AM this morning except some granola bars.

My customer handed me some doggie bags of chinese food which I have been snacking on before bringing the bus back to the barn for the night. I have been eating barbeque ribs, and big chunks of stir fried vegetables. It's already past 9:00 PM. I am so hungry though.

My weight today was higher too because last night I was hungry and decided to pound down a couple glasses of milk and some yogurt. I am sure that's why I was over 216-Pounds today.

Like I said tomorrow I don't expect any improvement because it is so late.

That's the way it is, I'm David Dane

Oh The Autumn, And The Sale Of Apple Cider...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215-Pounds.

Okay, Initially it was 216-Pounds, then I used the potty, and stepped on the scale again. Poof, a Pound went down the drain.

So, it's going to 215-Pounds, and a pound of waste matter....

I had someone graciously comment about using a roller on the back. She stated she's been using tennis balls. Ya know I didn't think of that one. But, I was using a beer bottle for one annoying point in my left shoulder that has a pinched nerve that has wreaked havoc on my left arm, and my left side.

I have to find my tennis balls and use those too....

It's autumn here in Illinois. In the grocery stores there is usually raw apple juice for sale around this time of the year. Well, let me tell you something. If you have a problem with constipation, here is your cure. I got a gallon of the raw apple juice at the store the other day. I have been drinking down a couple glasses each day....

Wow, it goes to work on the inside colon like nothing I've used except prune juice. I mean anything that's natural and safe.

Hey, it's not going to hurt to drink some of that apple juice in the raw with the mother still floating around in it. It will help get stuff moving, and it is so delicious...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

A Simple Foam Roller For The Back....

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today  I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215-Pounds.
That's the same as yesterday.

As you can tell by my posts I haven't been writing a lot about my weight losing experience. There really isn't very much to say.

I get up, eat a skimpy meal, go to work, eat, sleep, and then go to work.

My mantra has always been "Eat Less."

Today I decided to write about something that I have kept quiet for well over a year.
I have had serious pain in the bottoms of my feet when I get up in the morning. I have been tested for diabetes, and that isn't the apparent cause.

It all started last year when I decided to start walking in January to "trim up." Well, that did something to me and I sustained an injury to my knee. Something popped in my knee when I was walking on the indoor track. After that it was down hill...

I quit walking when my knee swelled up and I began limping every day.  I rested my knee and tried to let it heal. It seemed to get better.  About eight months later I went walking again. My knee popped again.

This began an ordeal of constant pain in my knee. That pain seemed to start a problem in my left heal. I began having problems in my legs because of the constant compression of the underside of my thighs while driving.  

This last year has been a constant, day-in-day out problem with pain in my knee, and feet.

About a month ago I drove some girls to the college to play volley ball. They came out of the event carrying these black rolls that are six inches in diameter, and twelve inches long.

Someone gave me one of these odd little foam rolls.

I started using it to roll on my back side on top of the floor. Instantly I could hear, and feel my bones popping and snapping in my back.

I have been working at this for almost a month just about every day. The results have been that my feet and knee hurt less. My knee has been healing up. Although I believe there is some serious degeneration in the tissue, the result being a trick knee. 

When I wake up in the morning the bottoms of my feet don't hurt nearly as much.

I started riding my bike a little bit. And that seems to help some a little bit too....

If you have problems with your back, you may want to buy one of these foam rollers for your back. It sure costs less than a doctors visit.

That's the way it is....I'm David Dane

Even Up Today....

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215-Pounds.

That's better than yesterday....

Got To Put In A Title... Up Over 215-Pounds Again...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.6-Pounds.
At first I stepped on the scale and it read 214.8-Pounds. I thought that isn't right. So I stepped up on it again and got 215.6-Pounds. I did that a couple times and got the second reading over, and over...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Weights Up Today

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.4-Pounds.

I don't know if tomorrow will be any better.

I am out at the Notre Dame Game waiting for my group. I had a big lunch, and as I've been waiting, I have been snacking on Jelly Bellies...

That's not so productive for weight loss for sure.

That's the way it is, I'm David Dane

Weights UP... Hmmmm?

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.4-Pounds.

Don't ask me why...
Yesterday I only ate 4 small sausage links, four scrambled eggs, 3 ounces of salmon, 1/2 cup of rice, some green beens, a cup of milk, and an apple tort. 

That's all I ate.

There you have it. The weight is so touchy that only an apple tort will put me over the top... NOT...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

My Weight Is The Same, And It's Below 215-Pounds

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.4-Pounds.

That isn't any improvement over yesterday. I am glad though it's two days in a row back down under 215-Pounds.

It's tough keeping on trying to lose weight. There are so many temptations out there. First there is that nagging hunger which never seems to go away unless I am stuffed to the gills. And, even then it only lasts to satisfy me for such a short time.

Second there are those times when the food is free, and I can eat all I want without fear of having to pay for it, or even prepare it.

Third there are those foods that I naturally love to eat, such as Ice Cream, Cinnamon rolls, candy, chocolate. My sweet tooth never went away after all of these years.

Forth there is that desire to quit. Yeah, watching what I eat gets old. I get tired of writing down stuff. I get tired of doing this blog each day. I get tired of using an artificial way of keeping score, and accountability..

So that's just some of the things which make it difficult to keep going...

The same goes for you too. You have your struggles... We all do ....

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Below 215-Pounds Today... Finally

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.4-Pounds.

That's a surprise, especially since the few days before the weekend I went to a couple buffets and ate until I was stuffed..... Naughty, bad evil guy that I am...

Just think how many of you I have lead astray with this revelation...

Hey, I am just like you... I let my appetite get the best of me... I am not perfect.

That's the way it is.... I'm David Dane

I Survived My Bike Ride....

Hello Weight Losing Fans....

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.2-Pounds.

Well, that's not the best, but it has to do.

Yesterday I rode my bike for around six miles and woke up experiencing the pain of not having riden a bike for such a very long time.

I rode the bike to the public library 2 miles away, then I rode back to my apartment, and rode again to the grocery store.

The worst part of the ride is my legs kept cramping at the hip joints.  Oh, it stinks getting old...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

My Weights Down Some ...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215-Pounds.

OK that's getting in range again. I enjoyed every extra bite along the way....

Well, I went to the Bicycle Shop and had another tire sized up on the ten speed bike ...

I had no idea the wheels were so different. I never had to replace the tires before.

And, I was given the bike to me. So I didn't know what I was getting. The tires were showing serious wear, so I finally replaced them.

I also didn't realise the bike was so uncomfortable to ride. I never really rode it that much. So, I never got to give it a good road testing. I put it up last year and left it hanging in the bike room.

Then I had to take the bike out and decided to get it a little road worthy. Then I realised the tires were too dry rotted to be road worthy.

I got the other tire, and took the bike out for a spin. I just rode it two miles to the public library.
Imagine having a hard piece of vinyl jammed up your butt. The wheels hit every bump and crack with no give. My hands felt every bump on the steering horns. My butt felt every banging bump as the narrow tires hit the bumps and cracks. Ouch, ouch, ouch I was saying as I hit the down hill run of the trip. Oh, my hands, and my arse...! 

Common Sense would tell anyone make sure the brakes are working before going out, wouldn't it?
But, there I was trying to apply my brakes as I headed at the traffic light with traffic zipping back and forth... Shoooooo............. t.... as I tried to stop before getting myself killed....

Well, that was an adventure for sure heading out to the library on that bike which needs a little bit more tuning... and brakes... .. I am laughing at myself, I am such a maroon...

Well, I have no way back to my apartment but that bike. Let's just see if I kill myself along the way...

Oh, and I didn't mention the cramp that started up in my hip. Yeah, my weak, and under exercised legs started hurting along the way and I got a cramp in my hip. OUCH...

Oh well, it's fun...

That's the way it it... I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.6-Pounds.

That is better than the last two days, but four more pounds than the recent low of 212-Pounds.

Oh well..

Yesterday I got all excited because I was going to fix my bike and go for a ride. Little did I know that my rims were two completely different sizes. Yep, when I got the bike from a friend, I never replaced the old tires. Well, I got a surprise, and was dissapointed that I spent so much money for the new rubber, and couldn't put on one of the tires.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 218.2-Pounds.

Well, that's up ....

I am seeing that my readership has dropped dramatically over the last two weeks. According to the Stats on the blog site, I have had over 100 readers in one day which is now dropping down to less than 27 in one day.

Golly folks what do you expect me to write? I have nothing profound to share with anyone.

I did do something though that I will be trying to do until the weather gets impossible to deal with. I went out and purchased new tires for my racing bike. I was in shock when I paid the $83.00 for the two tires and rubber inner tubes. ...

I have  not ridden it in a very, very long time.... So let's just see what happens as I try to get the old bike back up on the road... One thing I don't look forward to is recondition my butt to that narrow, narrow seat again... That's always painful as the buttocks get accustomed to have a piece of hard vinyl jammed up the rectum...


That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

UP, UP, UP

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 218.8-Pounds.

Yikes...

I am quilty ... Too much food consumed over these last three days...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Weights Up...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 219-Pounds...

I went to two buffets two days in a row... The food in the serving trays jumped out and stuck to me. I tried to run but it kept jumping off my plate and into my mouth.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Oh True Confessions...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 217.6-Pounds.

Yesterday I went to eat with a group of Norwegians who I was driving around Chicago, Il for a tour. We went the Old Country Buffet. Well, you already know what that means... FOOD...!!!! 

So I ate until my cheeks puffed out and had my desert.. Naughty... That's what you are seeing today on me...

Now, today I am sitting in the parking lot of the  Starved Rock Lodge, and I am going in to eat at that buffet.... So, here I go again.... FOOD... Lots of FOOD...

Oh the evil, and the poor will power...

That's the way it is.. I'm David Dane

Revisiting An Old Idea Which Worked For Me

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.2-Pounds.

I am at work and stopped to post this near McDonald's, and I don't have a lot of time.

I was listening to a program that talked about natural digestion. Dr. Bob Marshall has a show on the radio that I try to tune into.

On his show he emphasizes that when we reach an elderly age, we don't produce enough acid in our stomachs to digest proteins. He also says we don't produce the same kind of enzymes any more.

Well, I found in my own life how true this is. I have been working constantly these last few days and have been unable to refill my HCL Betaine tablets. I usually by them at the vitamin store nearby my home. 

The results have been I have been getting hearburn everyday now after having eaten earlier. The other problem is, it's waking me up at night.

I can't emphasize enough the idea we need to be able to digest our food. I am a living example of the problems associated with age and poor digestion. I found I can't go without my HCL Betaine and my food enzyme tablets.

Maybe you have heart burn and you don't know the cause... Maybe you should look into using a suppement like food enzyme tablets, and HCL Betaine tablets, or capsules.

I do, and it helps a lot...

That's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.4-Pounds.

Someone asked why I regained weight. Well, when my mom died, I was back up at 200-Pounds already. After her death I really struggled with depression. I basically gave up on my weight management program.

That about sums it up....

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Oh The Out Of Town Blues

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 217.4-Pounds.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

No Post For Tomorrow... Today Wasn't So Good

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.6-Pounds.

That's not what I was hoping for.

Tomorrow I won't be posting anything because I am driving out of town. I won't be able to weigh myself.

So we will see what I weight when I return on Sunday...!

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Weight Is Up Again?

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216-Pounds.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

NO TIME TO THINK...

Hello Weight Losing Fans....

I don't have much time to post...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215-Pounds.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Don't Waste Money At A Restaurant

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in 214.6-Pounds.

That's still below the total of 215 that I broke up over temporarily there for a while.

Yesterday I was at work and had a short break. I was hungry and decided to go get something to eat.
Which by the way explains the one pound jump.
Anyway, I was looking to get a bowl of Chili at the local Jason's Deli. I was shocked to see that for a small 1/2 cup of Chili it was $6.00.  That didn't even include the 12 percent tax that would get added to the meal.

I  was disgusted. So I walked across the parking lot and purchased a can of Chunky Chili, and a 6 ounce yogurt. I paid $2.04 and had a delicious cold meal out of the can.

I was absolutely satisfied, and saved $4.60 cents (.60 would be the tax added).

Don't waste your money at a restaurant if you don't have to.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

YIPPEE !

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up ontot the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 213.6-Pounds.

OH YEAH !

What was the problem? It was a blockage in the canal zone of my colon... I took some Casada which is a herb... Then the Dam broke.

So, I am back under 215...

That's a good thing...

That's all for now...I'm David Dane

Not Sure... Oh well...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.8-Pounds, or was it 215.6-Pounds. My scale couldn't make up it's mind...

That's the way it is, I'm David Dane

Do You Have Heart Burn...?

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.8-Pounds.

Oh That Heart Burn !

Today I was having a conversation with my sister on the telephone. I was talking to her about vitamins and how many senior people take vitamins. She mentioned to me that she has seen in many seniors have tablets in their stomachs when having x-rays taken.  She claims that she has actually seen clusters of vitamins in peoples colons. I can't dispute that.

I was telling her that when people reach a certain age they don't produce enough stomach acid. This could account for the body not digesting tablets coated with wax, and pressed together with compounds to keep them solid.

Heart Burn is one of the side effects of poor digestion. Many people make the mistake of believing the heart burn that foments into the throat is "too much stomach acid." The reality is the acid that foments into the throat is really "lactic acid" produced from rotting food. That acid irritates the stomach and the body reacts by trying to rid itself of the acid. Belching scalding burning acid into the throat is one of the symptoms of inadequate HCL stomach acid.

As I was talking to my sister on the telephone I told her I personally have told some of the seniors on my bus to drink down "Apple Cider Vinegar" after taking those hard shelled vitamins. I actually did a test while I was on the phone by dropping a hard "Vitamin B Complex" vitamin into a small amount of vinegar. Within in minutes the tablet was completely dissolved.

If you have heart burn, and you are afraid to try using a supplement of HCL Betaine (which is available at most health food stores) then try chugging down 1/4 - 1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar.  That is an acid that will not irritate the stomach, and will help dissolve any tablets you consume...( I have tested it, and it works.) It will all help to neutralize that nasty lactic acid the bubbles up in the throat...

Try and see if I am wrong.

Of course you'll have to do it as a set pattern to see if I am right. I have been drinking apple cider vinegar so long now, I don't have any side effects or problems with it.

Just remember, apple cider vinegar is no more than apple juice that fermented and then turned to vinegar.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Slow, Slow, and Slow Weight Loss

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216-Pounds...

Okay that's up 4-pounds from the 212 that I was at....

That's the way it is...I'm David Dane

True Confections.

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 219.2-Pounds.

I made a little play on the words there in the title. I bet your first look is you thought I wrote true confessions. Well, maybe you did.

I wrote it because maybe my four days of eating at the hotel Thursday through Sunday has finally caught up with me. After all I did have a cinnamon roll every morning for breakfast, amounst other things.

Oh well. I am up, and it's only because I am not eating the skimpy little meals I was...
I hate losing weight, don't you ?

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

It's Not Good....

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.8-Pounds.

Yikes, that's not good. I had some chips yesterday, and a cup of oatmeal along with two hot dogs and two buns, and this is what I get?

That's the way it is... I am David Dane

OH WELL....!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.4-Pounds.

Oh Well...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Hey, NO Scale And I Did OK...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.4-Pounds. I am writing that with one note that this is after I drank a pot of coffee... So my weight was probably closer to 213-Pounds.... This is because a pot of coffee probably weights a couple pounds or so.

I am very happy that this was my weight after this long weekend out of town. I went out of town on Thursday and didn't bring the Magical Mystical Digital Scale with me.

Not only that, but I ate every morning for breakfast at least one small cinnamon bun that had to be at least 400 calories. Add to that everything else I was eating for breakfast and I thought sure I was going to come in at 220-Pounds by the time I returned home.

Well David, what went wrong? Ummm, the food was delicious, and I was hungry? Will you accept that explanation?

Tuff, I told you I don't worry what anyone thinks. I worry about what I thing....

That's all for now.

That's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Yikes

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216-Pounds.

Yikes...

Yesterday I weighed 215.2-Pounds.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Oh Ouch...!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the "New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.8-Pounds...

Ouch...

Pancakes Stacked As High As An Elephants Eye....

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215-Pounds.

Did I say I am going to have a break through?

Yesterday morning I went to breakfast with a fellow bus driver. I had a stack of banana pancakes that was so big that it would have stuffed Paul Bunyan himself...

That's all for now?

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

OH Well Not What I Thought

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 217-Pounds.

Yesterday I couldn't post, and I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 213.4-Pounds.

Yesterday I had a real big sub sandwich.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Slower Than I Thought...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the "New Magical Mystical Digital Scale" weighing in at 213.4-Pounds.

Did I write yesterday I was going to have a break through?

Just wait...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Break Through Coming...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the "New Magical Mystical Digital Scale" weighing in at 213-Pounds..

That's all for today...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Break Through Coming Soon....

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the "New Magical Mystical Digital Scale" weighing in at 212.4-Pounds.

I ate breakfast before coming to do this blog, and I was at 214.4-Pounds after drinking down a pot of coffee some sausage, and eggs...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Back Up Because Of A Late Meal

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the "New Magical Mystical Digital Scale" weighing in at 216-Pounds.

What Happened?

Well, I warned you that I was going to a family members home and I would be eating something... (Maybe in this case barbecue). Well, I had Chinese instead and that was more than enough to push up the poundage for just a short while.

Just wait, I think I'll be hitting another low here soon.

That's all for now...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Two Hundred And Twelve !

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the "New Magical Mystical Digital Scale" weighing in at 212-Pounds...

Yippee Sciddley Doo...!

Yes that is just after stepping up onto that scale weighing almost 220-pounds just a few days ago.

So what's the secret? NONE... I eat everything you do everyday, but just a little bit less.

I eat and drink everything you do, but just a little bit less.

There in no magic to it. There is no secret to it...

Just eat a little bit less.

Let's see where I end up tomorrow because I am heading out to visit family and I am sure we'll be barbecuing something.

We'll see tomorrow...

That's all for now.

That's the way it is, I'm David Dane

Weight Down Some... Good...!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the "New Magical Mystical Digital Scale" weighing in at 212.6-Pounds.

Yesterday I couldn't post... Yesterday I stepped up onto the "New Magical Mystical Digital Scale" weighing in at 213-Pounds even...

I know you probable think this is impossible. It's not. I ate a large meal three nights ago late in the evening. It stayed in my tummy all night.  Well, when I fasted my tummy digested the full contents, and that was the results you saw...

I have been very careful to keep my calorie counts in at around 1,500 calories. There have been some days when I pushed the limits to around 2,000 calories. However for the most part I have been trying...

It's not easy...

As I said about a week ago now I did get into the candy bag... There I was chowing down on chocolate like a kid eating his Holloween Candy.  Shame on me... LOL..

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

You Will Not Believe This....

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the "New Magical Mystical Digital Scale" weighing in at 212.2 Pounds.

That's way down from yesterday where I stepped up onto the "New Magical Mystical Digital Scale " weighing in at (Are you ready?) 219.2-Pounds. 

WHAT?  David you're lying again, aren't you? !!!!!!!! ?

How is it possible David you can lose 7-Pounds in one day? How did you do that...?

Well two nights ago I drove a crowd of people out to the Cubs Game at Wrigley field. I had a friend of mine egg me on to go for a walk and we stopped in at a Mexican Restaurant.

I picked off of the menu a plate of breaded steak and re-fried beans with rice and tortillas.  Mind you this was at about 7 PM.  When my food arrive I was starring at a plate with two very large breaded steaks, at least a cup of mixed rice, and about a cup of beans. Along side was a dish with 5 or six hot tortillas. 

I didn't think I was going to be able to eat that whole amount of food. But, while sitting there talking with my friend I forced down all the food.  I really only needed to eat one quarter of it. 

I was stuffed. I mean I felt like food was pouring out of my ears. I wondered why I didn't get a doggy bag and take the rest home?

Well, that night I suffered with a stuffed feeling and had a very difficult time sleeping. I belched food all night long....

The next morning, (yesterday morning) I woke up still feeling stuffed from the evening before. I really didn't have to eat breakfast because I knew there was no way I digested that much food.

I made up my mind to fast until I felt hungry. I didn't start feeling really hungry until the evening last night when I got off work. I decided to ride out the fast and just drink water and some Iced Tea at some friends home I visited.

This morning I woke up and there I was at 212.2-Pounds.

This goes to show, I ate two days of food in one sitting.

So quess what I ate today for breakfast? Pancakes with "Real Maple Syrup." Yep, I cooked up a batch of pancakes, and then  ate six of them for breakfast... OH how evil....!

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Oh Bummer...!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I have disappointing news... I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.2-Pounds...

Hmmmm?

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

I Don't Need Your Conscience....!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.8-Pounds.

I know this seems like I am going backwards. Maybe I am.

Yesterday I posted a little diatribe because once in a blue-moon I get someone in the anonymous comments on my blog who thinks it's his job to lecture me about getting fatter, or tells me in not such nice words how to lose weight. This person, or persons seems to think he is my appointed conscience. Well, no Thank You.... !  And, I was stating as such again.....

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Your Nasty Comments Won't Get Published Here !

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.2-Pounds.

Yesterday I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.2-Pounds.

Now, it's very easy to judge my situation as maybe out of control... I have a question: How many of you has a job like mine where you go to work, and expect you'll be in putting 6-7 hours, and then suddenly your customer (In this case it was the Military) changes their mind and decides they want you to work 17 hours instead because your sales office messed up?

How many of you go to work at 2 AM and then come home at 10 PM the same day? How many of you drive and drive, drive and drive for hours on end? 

Well I do....

So spare me your criticism... Because you don't live my life... You don't have irregular hours, you don't work all night long, and then come back a few hours later..... I do... So forget you and your nasty comments.....
I won't publish them.... Sorry folks, some people think they can send me nasty comments and call me names... Well, you don't live my life...!

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

No Progress...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.6-Pounds.

Yesterday I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214-Pounds.

So there you have it... No progress so far....
It sure doesn't help when I eat candy.


That's all for now... I'm David Dane

OH That Incurable Sweet Tooth

Hello Weight Losing Weight Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214-Pounds.

I wasn't able to weigh myself yesterday, and don't know what my weight in the morning was.

The day before which would have been Monday, August 5, 2013, I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 213.2 or was it 213-Pounds. I am not sure because my scale couldn't make up its mind. Every time I stepped up on the scale the weight changed.

I titled today's blog post: "Oh That Incurable Sweet Tooth."

The reason being is I am just like anyone else, no matter how hard I try, I never get over my desire for sweets.

Yesterday my customers left behind a bag filled with different kinds of wrapped chocolate candies.
I am talking about candy like bite size Milky Way, Herseys, Snickers, etc.. All these little candies that I love to eat. Well, when my customers left the bus to go into the show, I had access to the candy bag.

I could not stop eating these candies. I must have eaten about 50 of those bite size candies.
Maybe if I had eaten a meal before I went to work, I may not have been so tempted to eat the candy.

But, I am just like everyone else, I have an incurable sweet tooth...
And, it's a hinderance sometimes...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Looks Are Deceiving... Steady Gain...? I Doubt it

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.8-Pounds.

The day before yesterday I was 214-Pounds, and yesterday I was 214.4-Pounds.

So it looks like a steady increase there... I don't think so... Yesterday I had 3 small oatmeal cookies, and some milk before I went to bed. Oh, and I drank a couple beers... So that doesn't even come in at my daily calorie intake. 

I got up yesterday and wasn't feeling so hungry.  I had a late meal when I got home from work real early in the morning.... Then I was hungry... When I finally got out of bed, I wasn't so hungry.

So I don't think this is gained weight.

That's all for now...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

No Readers Maybe I'll Quit Posting.

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214-Pounds..

Wow, my readership has really gone low....

What no one wants to here my brilliant ideas anymore...?

That's the way it is...I'm David Dane

My Weight Is Up From Gorging... Ah Those Family Get Togethers...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.8-Pounds.

Oh Well...

I have noticed that my readership has dropped off... Oh well there too...

How many different ways can I say "Eat Less...?"

That's all for now...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

I Pigged Out Yesterday

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 217.8-218.2 Pounds... Well some where in that range I did anyway...

Yesterday morning (Sunday) I stepped up onto the scale weighing in at 213.2-Pounds. That's because I went to the county fair the night before and ate late, and then went to the beer tent.

Yesterday I went to a birthday party for my Aunt. There was a lot of food there, and I ended up stuffing myself. I had two beef sandwiches and all kinds of other goodies. When I was driving home at 8 PM or so, I had next to me a bag of Hershey's Chocolate Miniatures. I was sucking on them as I was driving. (Naughty...!!!!)

I went to bed immediately when I got home loaded up with a belly filled with food. I popped eight of my Betaine HCL tablets and some enzymes tablets. Well, as I slept my tummy wasn't digesting it's load of food so very well.

I actually woke up this morning at around 4:45 so I could get ready to work. I wasn't hungry and I could tell I hardly digested all that food. I skipped breakfast and went to work early. I haven't eaten anything yet today and it's already past 2 PM. I had one Frappicino Coffee that was about 180 calories.

I am going to fast today all day long until the morning because I am still digesting food. Trust me when I say that. I know...

So, that all said why would I eat so much... ? Because I could. It's not going to kill anyone to pig out once in a while. It's the daily over consumption of food which gets us into trouble.

And, since I am fasting today that will pretty much knock out some of yesterdays calories. It won't take out all of them. However, I really do need to clean the system out.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

I Had Some Beer And Cheese....

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.8-Pounds.
That's up.

It's up for good reason. After I got off work yesterday I went to the Dupage County Fair. I had some French Fries, and a Big Hot Dog.

Someone gave me a pass to the "Beer and Wine Tent." This is where different brewers give away samples in a small glass.
I had about 20 samples of different kinds of beer. Yummy...
Then I had some of the Free Cheese...

So that's where I am today..

That's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Weights Down

Hello weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 212.4-Pounds.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Up Some...!

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.8-Pounds.

Yes, that's what it says. Last night I ate a large meal .... And had some goodies too...

That's the way it is...I'm David Dane

Weights Down

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 212.4-Pounds.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Weights Down... A Visit To A Past Posting Of Mine

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 213-Pounds.

As you can tell, I am not where I wanted to be right now...
 I kind of stuck. That's OK because I am under 215-Pound

Today is going to be a RE-VISIT to an old post....

Some smarty pants has accused me of being a boasting braggart with my posts. He said that I was arrogant....
Well, you read this post from the past and see if I fit that criteria.

How Can I Encourage You?

Hello weight losing fans...

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

It's Better Than Last Year.
OK... This is better than last years 181.2 pounds.

I am scratching my head. I went back over my food logs for the past week and did some calculating for calories that I consumed.

The reason I am scratching my head is, I can't figure out why I don't weigh more than I do now.

During Christmas, and some of the days following it, I blew way past my daily allotment of 1,500 calories. Most of those calories was because I went overboard with the Christmas treats. I Had more than one serving of pie, ice cream, cookies, and chocolate candy. Oink...

Phew, I really should be more than the 180-pound target. I am not.

I am grateful for that.

Hmmm, why then am I not heavier? It goes back to the patterns of food consumption that I have adapted up until now.

On most days, I eat around the 1,500 calories.

On most days, I eat more green foods, and small chunks of meat proteins (around 3-4 ounces), with protein powder.

On most days, I don't entitle myself to a dessert.

On most days, if I have to have something sweet, I will eat fruit of some kind.

On all the days, I record what I eat.

On all the days, I make a running tally of the calories I consume. Most of these calorie counts are best guess estimates for what it is that I am consuming, since I am not able to measure everything.

On most days, I try to quit eating anything well before I have to go to bed. (Around 5 hours or more.)

On most days, I quit eating when I am at the 1,500 calories. I quit even if it's around the middle of the day. Then I tough it out with the hunger pains.

There's more to what I do. You do get the idea, I hope. I have built certain patterns that I follow.

Don't be naive, and believe that I follow every detail perfectly. I don't. Sometimes I forget to do something, then I have to back track. Some times, I can't wait out the hunger, then I eat something.

I am just like you. I fight the daily rituals and patterns. Yet, I've done just enough to get me this far. I've done just enough that I am able to at the very least maintain.

I am not striving to lose massive amounts of weight rapidly. I am not striving to develop a lifestyle that is difficult to maintain. If my weight losing program were too complicated then the day would come when I finally abandoned it.

Although I have explained to many people what I do, and had complaints it's too complicated.
Go figure...

What Would Make It Easier For You?
This is my last post for the year of 2008. I am hoping to go to visit someone up in Wisconsin, my cousin, doesn't have a computer.

As I am completing this, I am thinking, "Does anyone read this that struggles?" Is there someone, who is over weight, and tossed in the towel?"

What can I share? I believe you're going to have to be honest with yourself. I mean it. I was honest with myself. I knew I was in trouble with my weight. I didn't say like some people that this was OK. I wanted a solution for this mass of weight that was clinging to me.

Honestly, I had given up hope. Yet, again I wasn't in denial. You can't be either. If you are weighing yourself, you have to be honest about it. Is this the weight you should be at?

It might provoke an emotional response in you as well. You might become a little bit distressed. I sure did. I really became distressed when I was trying to button some pants that I was given the year before. I had to suck in my stomach real tight. Then I had to look at the bulge of fat hanging over the belt. It wasn't pretty.

I had to look at a weight that was at least 70-pounds over what was normal. I didn't look good, and I didn't feel good.

I had no choice but to face the ugly truth. What is the truth for you? Do you even care?

Let's just say, you have no answers. Let's just say, you know in your heart-of-hearts you couldn't do half what I did and maintain those habits.

If it's any comfort to you, I built these habits one step at a time. I wasn't weighing myself everyday initially. I wasn't writing everything down initially.

I did take a big leap. I literally started eating "Lean Cuisines" that were only about 250 to 300 calories a meal. I got results from that.

I progressed from that point. The same might be true for you. There is an old saying, "Rome wasn't built in a day."
Something great may not necessarily appear without great effort.

Those habits and efforts have to be worked into. Right now I am trying to learn the guitar. I have this fantasy that when I am 80 years old I will be up on the stage with 80 year old woman down below rocking-and-rolling then pulling their bras off to throw them on the stage. Argh...

It's not easy for me to play the guitar. I have no prior understanding of musical theory. I have no prior experience playing anything musical. It's been a real challenge for me.

I am much better than I was two years ago. Yet, I am no where near the expertise of a more experienced player. My playing has been more hit and miss too.

My point is this; I have to learn the guitar one step at a time. The same goes for anything we attempt. It's learning to do it one step at a time.

This year is almost over. Many people will be putting together those New Years Resolutions. The news networks will have their bubble headed blonds smiling and announcing this person here has their New Years Resolutions. Do you have your New Years Resolutions?

Of course everyone seems to think 2009 will be a new beginning. Yeah this the year things will be different.

Oh nonsense, I used to be into that New Years Resolution stuff. It's hype. Most people never stick to their resolutions. Most people never stick to their weight loss programs.

Why? Because it's a lot easier to write those resolutions on paper, and talk about them, than it is to implement them.

Most people start out trying to do too much, too soon. Don't be so gullible to believe that you can make a jump start with your exercise, and diet then stick to it forever. Most people make their programs much, much too complicated.

My program is real simple: Cut down the food portions. Eat, but eat less than you used to eat.

Keep in mind you are going to stumble. I have, everyone does. The trick is; you have to get back at it.

Don't strive for perfection with your weight loss. Don't strive for perfection with your exercise program. They both have to be programs that you can maintain.

Remember, a little bit more everyday, goes a long way towards the end results. This was true for me.

Number counter when I completed this post: 8443

Bye for now...




That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Up Some Today

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 214.4-Pounds.

That's still under 215-Pounds.

Tomorrow will be better...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane.

My Weights Back Down...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 212.2-Pounds.

That's good news... Well, sort-of, it is.

Just remember my objective has been to be beyond this point by now. And, you may be wondering why I lost so quickly. As I reported to you, I had eaten a very large amount of chicken the other day.

Then the day after that I had a late meal. So the weight has been hanging on only because the insides needed to dump unwanted materials there.

Also, I did do a one day fast just so I could clean everything out, and start all over... No harm done in doing that. I drank my usual coffee for breakfast, drank a lot of water, and at night drank a little bit of tomato juice before bed time.

So there you have it.

I was listening to this program a little while ago where the host was making sugar out to be a villain, and he was saying we should tax sugar or make it illegal. I thought, this guy can't be serious.
He is a doctor, (who's name escaped my memory) and he thinks he is so smart.

Folks: Sugar isn't the enemy. It's "Too Much Sugar" that's the enemy.  Even white sugar isn't the enemy. It's too much white sugar that's the enemy.

Over and over again I have stressed it's the total calories consumed that gets all of us into trouble.
Yes, it matters if we eat too much sugar. That's because white sugar has only a small value nutritionally compared to some other forms of carbohydrates.

I rail against soda pop only because every 12 ounces consumed is around 150 calories. That's a lot of calories if you are someone trying to stay on a steady low calorie diet for any length of time.

Honestly, I eat some sugar. I just try to limit the amount of sugar. For example, I was eating butter scotch hard candy yesterday. I must have had about 8 pieces.

And, here today I am at 212.2-Pounds.

So, it's not the sugar that is the enemy... It's how much sugar, that gives us the problems.

Just remember, I am not a Doctor. I am only writing from my perspective and personal experience. If you need to consult a doctor, then be wise and do so.

That's all for now...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Fasting Helped...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215.4-Pounds.

Now I am not sure that is right because I usually weigh myself before I get dressed in the morning when I wake up. Well, I got in a hurry to start the coffee and drink down half the pot before I realised that I had not weighed in yet. So, that my actually be a pound or so high.

You may be asking how did I lose 5-pounds so quickly. Well, the real question should be: "What in the world did you eat the day before David?"

I had a bunch of chicken and three yogurt cups along with many cups of milk. That all was just sitting in my tummy waiting to make it's exit. Get it?

So yesterday I realised that I had just a bunch of food sitting around to leave.  I fasted all day yesterday on water, and a few cups of coffee. Late before I went to bed I drank a large glass of tomato juice.

That's what happened...

It's a ways away from the 212-Pounds that I was at a couple of weeks ago.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

I Can't Believe It...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 220.2-Pounds.

I stood there in complete disbeief. I at a bunch of chicken for lunch and had protein powder for breakfast. Honest, I didn't eat anything when I got home from work last night. But, there is was.

I was shocked....

Today is a fast day with only water, and a couple of cups of coffee for breakfast.

I am still shaking my head in disbelief...

Where in the h.... did the weight come from?

That's the way it is... (unfortunately)... I'm David Dane

Some People Don't Know

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.4-Pounds.

It's been a rough two days. I have been glued to the seat of a charter bus. In the last two days I have put in 27 hours of duty, and logged in 1055 miles of driving.

I have literally gone to work, come home, and slept, then went back out again.

It was so fun, this morning my neighbor was telling me that I have to exercise more. Oh I do...? I told her what my schedule is, and has been and she said, "That's where the self discipline comes in, you have to make yourself do it anyway." Well, when then can I do it when in a two day period I had just enough time to put in 7 hours of sleep before going back out on the road? She is a retired old lady who goes to a fitness center everyday. She doesn't have to work anymore...

Lately she has been complaining she doesn't get enough sleep because her neighbor plays the radio at four in the morning. She's been complaining she gets headaches and is tired. Well, how does she think I would feel getting no sleep because I needed to go exercise?

Honestly, ignore some people. Their ideas are crap...  And I have been suffering with a messed up knee because I decided to go walk at night after work and something popped in my knee when I was "Walking for exercise." Well, I haven't been able to walk. In fact I have been limping....

So much for that exercise program...

That's the way it is.. I'm David Dane

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 217-Pounds.

I am so sorry I don't have better news...

I am stuck ....

That's all for now...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Weight Up...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 217.6-Pounds..

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Up, Down, Up, Down... No where where I want to be

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 215-Pounds.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Up, Up, Up

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 218.2-Pounds.
Yes that's way up....

I can't explain it, except I have been working these long days, and eating out on the road....
Don't lecture me please about eating salads, and delicate meals...
You work 15 hours driving and thinking about food, and see how self controlled you'll be ...!

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

I Will Add Commentary Later

Hello Weight Losing Fans..

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216-Pounds.
That's down from yesterday. It's a ways off my current hopes to be lower...

I am currently working on a commentary for today, and if I have time, I will add it later.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Five Pounds Over My Last Low

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 217-Pounds.

That's the way it is...I'm David Dane

NO POSTS, I Went Fishing

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.2-Pounds.

I haven't posted the last couple days because I haven't been able to. I have been up in Wisconsin on a fishing expedition. I caught one large catfish. I tossed it back into the lake.

I ate with abandon as my aunt cooked up meals for me... I even had an excellent coffee cake for desert.

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane

Weight Is Up...

Hello Weight Losing Fans...

Today I stepped up onto the New Magical Mystical Digital Scale weighing in at 216.6-Pounds.

Yes and that is with good reason. I went to a friends home last night and had a meal with the family. I ate more than I usually do. So there it is on the scale.

Yesterday I didn't post, and weighed in on the scale at 213.6-Pounds.

So you can see the difference of three pounds...

That's the way it is... I'm David Dane