Monday brings wonderful fresh air

72 days

267.0 pounds

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Objectives

• Week's End: 265.0 (pounds left: 2.0)
• Year's End: 193.5 (pounds left: 73.5)
• Ultimate goal: 175.0 (pounds left: 92.0)

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It's all the same today

But much more wonderful, weather-wise. Yesterday was one long party. I didn't eat nearly as much as I drank (3 or 4 beers), though I did have a sandwich and some chips and cheese, and before I went to bed (before 11pm!), I had a slice of blueberry pie and coffee.

Breakfast

Coffee, orange juice, medicine, vitamins and some aged Gouda cheese melted on baguette slices left over from yesterday.

10:45am

Orange Bliss yogurt with Cool Whip. Another cup of coffee.

12:00pm

Ate my leftover Phil's from the weekend...angel hair with eggplant parmesan. Big water.

Dinner

We made chicken fajitas with the leftover vegetables from Sunday.

Before bed...

A slice of blueberry pie with a chunk of Carvel cake on it. I'll pay for that tomorrow morning.

Last day to prepare for the party

74 days

267.0 pounds

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Objectives

• Week's End: 265.0 (pounds left: 2.0)
• Year's End: 193.5 (pounds left: 73.5)
• Ultimate goal: 175.0 (pounds left: 92.0)

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Humidity is good for sweat

But not much else. Yesterday went by without a chance to blog. Had to get up early to pick up my mother (our first face-to-face meeting since the end of February 2009), then my mother-in-law and then head to Lincoln Center for Lauren's graduation from Brooklyn Law School.

It was really a nice day, but it was brutally hot and there was endless traffic everywhere. Don't remember too much now (the following Monday) other than how miserably uncomfortable it was in the blazing heat and humidity.

Today (Saturday) was consumed mostly by cleaning up and preparing for Sunday.

Breakfast

No breakfast.

Lunch

Some leftover pasta.

Dinner

Lauren slept over and we basically picked at various things in the refrigerator. Not much of an actual meal was had.

The prodigal son returns

76 days

265.5 pounds

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Objectives

• Week's End: 265.0 (pounds left: 0.5)
• Year's End: 193.5 (pounds left: 72.0)
• Ultimate goal: 175.0 (pounds left: 90.5)

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A month off

Partially out of frustration, but mostly out of a need to rebuild my deck, I have not written a thing in a month. When I stopped blogging, it was three days into my construction project and right in the middle of an entry, which I published this morning.

During that time, I have worked hard every morning and afternoon, demolishing the old deck and building a new one in place, and I have sweated up a storm in the process and kept losing weight, although quite slowly. Now, at last, all (virtually) of the carpentry is done and I'm staining the floor a second time and this morning I stained the rails, benches and steps.

Something else started this day as well...a workout. Not a full workout, but a return to my basic stretches and calisthenics. When I dropped the laptop and destroyed the screen a few months ago, one of my prime motivations for working on the machines fell apart. But now, since that time, I have rigged up a TV with a VHS player and can watch movies again while I work out.

The other big thing, of course, is the realization that no matter what happens, I will not lose 100 pounds in the 76 days I have left. But this was never an absolute; whatever happens will happen and I can only try to keep moving in the right direction.

Breakfast

The Thursday heart attack-on-a-plate special, consumed with coffee, orange juice, medicine and vitamins.

Lunch

I ate the rest of Greg's salad from Sunday. It was great. I added some dressing and some grated cheese. Big water.

Dinner

We went to Phil's with Greg and Michelle. I had a glass of chianti and an eggplant parmesan. Phil's portions being what they are, I took half of it home.