Wayne Boatwright wrote on 18 Feb 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> On Sat 18 Feb 2006 06:50:18a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Mr
> Libido Incognito?
>
> > Wayne Boatwright wrote on 17 Feb 2006 in rec.food.cooking
> >
> >> Thanks, Dee. I'm down 26 lbs. since January 1.
> >>
> >
> > Congrats!!! This is very good news...Not too bad at all....
>
> Thanks, Alan!
>
> > But myself I'm finding the last 25 lbs of the imposed 95 lbs loss
> > order a very hard and slow thing to do.
>
> Back in 1979-80 I lost 93 lbs on a diet program very similar to WW. I
> found the last 20 or so lbs very slow, but it finally came off.
> Unfortunately, over the past 20 odd years I gradually let things get
> out of hand and regained most of that. It's definitely more of a
> challenge now that I'm 60 years old. I guess the most important thing
> is to persevere, regardless of the rate of progress. You're really
> doing well, so don't be discouraged. I have found that alternating a
> week of more severe dieting with a week of more lenient but controlled
> dieting to be very effective.
>

Yeah I cheat too...but only when I reach set weight goals I'm at 197 now
next cheat won't happen till I reach 190. Hopefully before the end of
March I can have a large serving of chicken fried rice or a chinese take
out feast.

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-Alan