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03/08/2007: "Less of me to love"
music: Mix I made for my wifemood: Svelt
For those of you who know me, I am not what you would consider thin, skinny or any other adjective that best describes my antithesis. On January 1st my wife and I decided to start living a different type of lifestyle when it came to our eating habbits. We started doing the South Beach "diet" which technically isn't a "diet" because a diet is something that is usually done until you reach a weight goal. This is meant to change your diet altogether. It was actually designed for people with heart conditions. The food is good for your heart. A side effect (as the Cardiologist author pointed out) was a loss in body mass (aka Mr fatty became Mr. skinny). It also lowered blood pressure, cholesterol as well as strengthened people's hearts. While I do not have heart problems of any kind, I do have a couple relatives who had them (they also ate every fried food known to man and smoked several packs of cigarettes a day). So I figured I would get myself in a better shape than ROUND. I began the diet and I also jog a couple of miles every day. (In the thin air up here in the mountains, it is pretty hard for me to do long distances, but I am slowly gaining distance and speed). ANYWAY, it has been a pretty neat process and as of this morning when I stepped on the scale, I saw that I was down 33 pounds. Moral of story: I am feeling better than I have in a long time.