I’m 187 lbs. right now. It’s not hugely overweight, but it’s heavier than I’ve been in two years, and it’s not a good amount to weigh if I want to be able to run up and down the field playing Ultimate, which I plan to do again this summer.
So I’m working to slim down to 169 or so. That’s about 18 lbs. difference. I’d like to lose that in about 2-3 months, which means I’ve got to lose about 1.5 lbs. a week.
I figure if I eat right, stop drinking, and exercise more than I have been (i.e. more than just two flights of stairs a day (one up, one down)) then I’ll have no problem. So if I turn down a second helping of your delicious dinner, or I drink a Diet Coke instead of a beer this Spring, that’s why.
Oh, and I don’t regret for a minute getting bigger. So much delicious BBQ!
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I've definitely started drinking more healthily. I switched from beer to tonic (and gin).
Posted by Travis Smith at 12:19 pm on Mar. 18, 2008
Ya, the getting up there is the easy part. Good-luck on the reduction. I need to work on it myself. I've been enjoying beer and a roomy that likes to cook.
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