The Big Surprise

My wife came back from a five-day biz trip to San Francisco and said that I looked thinner than when she had left. I thought she was flattering me. I hadn't been on the scale the entire time. I assumed I was at 179 because my pants felt a bit tight. This morning I bit the bullet and stepped int he scale and voila--176 and a quarter! Wow. I'm a little over a pund away from my initial goal of 175.
While she was away, I did very little food shopping. I bought some eggs and bacon. No bread- We are flat out of bread so I didn't have my one peiece every day. Maybe that was the secret?
man, if I can do this anyone can!
She borught b=me back some chocolate with carnel filling. I had two squares the night before the weigh--about 200 calories and 50 grams of carbs. You need some carbs.
I've also been eating a lot of salad. Costco has this "kit" that containes cranberries and nuts and cheese to mix in with the lettuce--and it's damn good.
I haven't been this thin since I was in my late 30s. Of course, I thoughht I was overwight then. I had been 135 pounds when I graduated from college. I was hyper-active, adhd back then. I ran several miles a day, figited constantly, stood up at my desk, pacing when making calls--a frenetic , synapse-firing runaway locomotive- the perfect journalistic engine.
My metabolism changed when I hit 38. My knee injuries reduced my running then too. My adhd seemed to wane. I became much more circumspect and cerebral.
When I hit 175-- a strawerry shortbread reward! Then on to 170. You can do this, fat America. It;s easy. Cut bread , eat salad chicken , fish--red meat once every two weeks. . Snack on nuts (an ounce a day and a small piece of dark chocolate or four Fig Newtons. Chips are poison. Processed food is poison. Forget about the Chinese--your own countrymen are poisoning you with treats.