Ups and downs

182 days

273.0 pounds

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Objectives

• Week's End: 275.0 (pounds left: -2.0)
• Year's End: 193.5 (pounds left: 79.5)
• Ultimate goal: 175.0 (pounds left: 98.0)

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I was determined to get back to it

It took me nearly a half hour to convince myself I could do it again and I did. I started stretching, did my calisthenics and then headed down the basement.

Down there, I did my 100 crunches, 30 left, 40 back, 30 right. Then I got on the elliptical and resumed watching "West Side Story" where I'd left off last week the last time I worked out. It was the rumble scene. After the fight, Maria and Tony sing "There's A Place" and at this point, I'm working up a pretty good head of steam on the machine. The right leg bangs into the stand that's holding the laptop very tenuously and before I could reach out, I saw it fall to the floor. When I picked it up, the screen wasn't physically broken, but it looked more like a Kandinsky on drugs than a laptop.

The damage is done. I'll have to think of something else to do while I walk, ride and glide until I can buy another machine for out there. Or maybe I can rig one of the various DVD players in the house to a TV down there.

Breakfast

Raspberry yogurt with Cool Whip, coffee, Gjuice, meds and vites.

10:30am

A half grapefruit and another cup of coffee.

Lunch

A Veggie Delite from Subway. Big waters (2).

Late Afternoon

Tea with a slice of Ezekiel toast with blueberry preserves. While cooking Oliver's dinner, we also shared a pear.

Dinner

Spaghetti and meat balls. While cooking dinner, I reheated and ate four baby back ribs from several nights ago. Big water. And just before bed, one of those 60-calorie fruit bars.