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As we get older we do not get any younger.
Seasons return, and today I am fifty-five,
And this time last year I was fifty-four,
And this time next year I shall be sixty-two.
(Henry Reed, "Chard Whitlow, Mr Eliot's Sunday Evening Postscript").
Parodies of major twentieth-century poets aside (and I won't be 62 this time next year either), today I am fifty-five. I'm also 116.8 pounds (52.98 kg, 8 st 4.8 lbs) lighter than I was a year ago. I have more than 31 pounds to go to get to my goal, and that still feels like a mountain to climb, but when I look behind me, I realise that I have come a long way up that mountain.
Yesterday, I put in 50 minutes at the gym. Today, my weight is at last below 14 stone, which is a nice birthday present for myself. I have a few pounds till the next benchmark (mean American weight for my age) I'm aiming to get below.
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195.2 lb
Lost so far: 141.8 lb.
Still to go: 27.2 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 27 August 2011:
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1064 kcal
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Fat: 20.23g | Prot: 39.73g | Carb: 165.62g.
Breakfast: Lightlife Vegetable Bacon, Fat Free Spread, Herbal Tea (Other Than Chamomile, Brewed), Bananas, Dannon Light & Fit, Pineapple juice, toast. Dinner: Plums, Peaches, Gardein Beefless Burger, Piccalilli, Hummus, Sweet Pepper, Jalapeno, zucchini, Tomato, Cabernet Sauvignon wine. more...
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2550 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Housework - 29 minutes, Desk Work - 7 hours, Resting - 8 hours and 31 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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losing 3.5 lb a week
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