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A lazy Saturday.  I hung around at home in the morning, then went out
for a light lunch and to watch a local pony show with some friends.
Bought a few groceries, came home, made turkey meatloaf for dinner.
Food:

Yesterday night I went for a concert in the city and we ate at a fancy
steakhouse. I ordered the salmon, which I rarely eat (wild + steakhouse
made me give it a shot, and I loved it), and I don't really know how
much I consumed. It was about 1.5 inches tall and 5 inches long. It

Hoping to grill this weekend. What are your suggestions for the best
low-fat fish for grilling? Seasonings?
Matthew

Hi there!  I haven't had the time recently to spend here regularly, but
I wanted to check in and report on my progress - and congratulate
everyone else on theirs too! :)
I've lost nearly 80 lbs. so far, and while I'm completely thrilled and

at just the wrong time for USAians ;-). I propose a sleep challenge.
The importance of sufficient sleep in weight loss has been noted in a
few recent studies one of which is listed below. The challenge will
work as past challenges; determine a goal and post the goal and actual

The President's Challenge is a series of programs designed to
encourage individuals to adopt a more active lifestyle. Participants
in the program accumulate points for their regular exercise and can
earn awards for acheiving certain levels of activity.

A bit of a messed-up day, from the eating perspective.  I worked at
home and went to the gym with DH.  We'd planned to go in late morning,
so I didn't plan on lunch first.  But we got delayed by a series of
phone calls from a friend (Tom, our ex-trainer and sort of "surrogate

I'm considering starting a one year program using Optifast for 12 weeks.
Has anyone used Optifast?  If so, please share with me your progress.
Thanks!
Trinity

A more-or-less typical Thursday, except that I went out to eat at
lunch (Indian buffet), rather than eating at my desk and then running
or walking.  I went to the gym after work for my usual Thursday
session with Ahmed, then bought a few groceries and came home.

Little snippy there, dude???? We are all just trying to make sense o
this stuff and do the best we can. Hey, I feel right at home here. Wen
to t-nation - trying to sell pills, forget it
--

Lapband guy PJAD, who posted here in asd last year:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.support.diet/msg/32b9116d50bafb51?hl=en
has a week 42 update here:
http://lapbandstory.blogspot.com/2005/05/week-42-update.html

A typical (though not lately!) Tuesday -- work, lunchtime walk, gym
after work, a couple of errands, then home.
Food:
* 8:00 (home): 30g Great Grains cereal, 30g All Bran, 22g whey

Hope your summer is going well! It's been hot and muggy, but that hasn't
stopped me from walking. I keep thinking about how I was walking in the
sub-zero temperatures last winter wishing it were warmer. I wanted to thank
all of you who donated money for the Lakeshore Pregnancy ...