I know I owe everyone an update on our trip to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of our 44th President, Barack Obama, but I had to share some news.As some of you know, I've set a goal to lose 50 pounds by age 50 - hence ''50x50'' or ''Fifty by Fifty'' I think 'publishing' your aims and goals in some way helps to keep you (or at least me) on track. To that end, I'm very pleased and proud to report that I'm down to 246.8 pounds as of today!
My starting weight was 261.5 pounds as measured by last visit to doctor. My blood pressure was borderline hypertensive and my cholesterol levels remained higher than desired. Something 'just clicked' and I've been 'on it' since early December. I'm keeping it simple and simply ''Being more active and eating less fat'' I've adopted a quasi-vegetarian diet and I'm currently up every morning between 5 am and 6 am working through a cross-training routine on elipitical machine, strectching and soon, free weight exercises with dumb bells.
As the old Nike campaign slogan suggested, 'Just Do It'
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Howard, what a fantastic goal!! I love it! I am also eating mostly vegetarian these days, in fact I've gone as far as vegan which eliminates all the animal products (milk, eggs, butter, cheese, etc). I found I love soy milk and feel so much better without milk! I have lots of vegetarian recipes if you want to share!
And I LOVE your blog! It has inspired me to create one for myself that helps document our building process up here and all that we are learning about solar, wind and geothermal.
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