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Professor Askew · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject:

Gold star to Marten! LOL And to Jon, too, he never had a chance with the info I provided originally. Laughing

Now you know why I'm a story guy and not a puzzle guy.

Okay, so the cat's out of the bag. I'm on a diet! Ordinarily this isn't something you share with the public but I don't give a rat's handbag. I thought it would help motivate me to poast this here on a daily basis. You know....incentive? Or is it public humiliation? I don't give a rat's...oh, I said that already.

Starting tomorrow I will be counting down to a fifteen pound weight loss for my doctor's visit in September. Keep your fingers crossed, everyone. My doctor wants me to lose a total of 50 pounds. Well, I don't know about that! I'd look like Skeletor if I really got down to 180.

So, let's just focus on the first fifteen pounds shall we? Goooooo Team!
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Cycreim · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject:

What's wrong with looking like Skeletor? Skeletor is pretty awesome!
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Professor Askew · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:40 pm Post subject:

I didn't mean anything by that, Skeletor Jr. Honest.

If I remember correctly, Cyc, I wasn't much heavier than you at your age. That was before I realized that dining out was an art form and that I was a master! Shocked

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Durin Mephit · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject:

I wish you the best of luck with your self-inflicted torment, er, I mean diet, Professor!

By the way everyone - I didn't win that gold star fairly. He mentioned going on a diet while we were rooming at Mysterium.
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Professor Askew · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject:

D'oh!
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Moiety Jean · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject:

Wow. I was so far into a weird math riddle there was no coming out of it.

I should probably go on a diet. But eating yummy things makes me so happy and not eating yummy things makes me so sad!
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Jon · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject:

Grats, prof! Three pounds in a day is pretty remarkable. Go celebrate with a nice bowl of bran flakes. Wink

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Saxy · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:11 pm Post subject:

Geez, three pounds a day?! Isn't that unhealthy? I thought it was two pounds a week. What the heek have you been doing?!

*concerned for the Prof's well-being*

But... ganbatteyo! :D
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Eleri · Great Tree Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 819

Oooh, you can be my incentive. My Dr wants me to drop 10-15 by the middle of october
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Professor Askew · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:00 am Post subject:

Let the countdown begin! I need to lose 15 pounds so I'm counting down to zero.

8/7 = 15

8/8 = 12

8/9 = 11.5

8/10 = 10.5

I can't explain the three pound drop. I didn't really do anything to cause it so I'm not going to overanalyze it. Don't worry about me doing anything weird, Saxy, I'm not. LOL. In fact, there's a lot of food on this diet. You eat 5 times a day! Shocked

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Jon · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:22 am Post subject:

A lot of times, just not being unhealthy can do magical things. I once accidentally dropped ten pounds in a week with no excercise or extraordinary dieting, just because it was the week after christmas, when I no longer had constant access to candy.
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CuzinJohn · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:47 am Post subject:

Good luck with the weight droppage, Professor!

Typically, the first 5 pounds or so are the easiest... just eating less food, particualrly food with sodium content will shed "water weight" off rather quickly. Once the water weight is gone, the rest you'll have to work for.

Don't get discouraged if the rate of dropping slows after the first 5 pounds or so... that's what happened to me... twice. Embarassed

keep the faith, and you'll get to where you want to be.

Are you on any particular diet plan? Atkins? South Beach? Grapefruit? Trim-Spa? Or just on the generic "eat less, exercise more" plan?
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Professor Askew · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject:

Thanks, CJ!

I'm using South Beach, actually, as recommended by my doctor. He thinks it's a well-balanced regimen. It's quite a bit of food, I'll tell you. And of course at age 44 you just can't do it without regular exercise. That's where the new bicycle comes in. (My advice to kids? Never stop riding your bikes. It's much harder after a 30 year layoff.)

My wife has applied for a job at nearby Trinity College. If she gets it...

...FREE ACCESS TO THE SIMMING POOL FOR BOTH UF US! YAY! I love to swim and it would contribute mightily to this plan.
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Saxy · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:48 pm Post subject:

Ooh, the South Beach Diet! I know a handful of people who went on that diet and were really successful. I'm tempted to go on it myself, but I'm scared away by the relatively expensive prices on the South Beach Diet brand frozen meals at the grocery store. Confused

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