My goal isn't so much in the weight department but in the pants size I wear, when I was heaviest at 225 I was in a Tight size 40 and now I'm into a comfortable size 33 but my goal is to wear size 32, once again! Reason for that is while I keep riding and also working out with free weights I'll add muscle which will either replace the weight of the lost fat and might even increase my overall weight, so I don't give weight lose much weight...(0xymoron?)

When I entered the Navy, lo those many years ago...
I wore size 29 but I don't believe that I'd get back to those again, nor would I want to.

In less than a year and a half I'll turn 50, which prompted my change in eating habits...

I read the book by Harvey Diamond, Fit For Life II, why didn't I read the first one first? Well I just happened apon the book while at the library and they had a rack of books for free...so I helped myself and very glad I did! I recommend this book to about anyone, there are some Yoga thingys in there I don't go into but it is written in a clever and witty way, which makes for an easy read and some very common sense ideas. There have been people that go against his teachings but then there always are those on both sides, I read what I could and put them into action and find that I am able to keep the weight off, if I stick to it! One of the main things that I found was Fruit, I only eat fruit in the morning on an empty stomach, a banana on the way to work, an apple around 9am, out on my bike ride at noon and back I get an orange, and sometimes mixed nuts. Stay away from chips and fast foods. And I set myself so that I don't eat late at night, as a rule I stop at 7pm and a HARD rule of nothing after 9pm so as to be able to digest during the nights rest.

I also avoid bread as that really seems to LIKE me a lot.

One other Trick? from the book is to not drink during your meal as the liquid can dilute the enzymes from doing their job of digesting and cause it to take longer for your meal to digest. I find that most of the food that you eat during your meal has some liquidness within itself that I don't need to WASH down my food. If the food is pretty dry, I'd have a glass of water handy...just in case.

Well, sorry to run on so, but I think it helps to air things like this out and maybe others can benefit. Todays ride was Great! a little over 7 miles but quick ones none the less.

G2