Dieting


Yes, Jan and I have been trying to lose weight. Of course she didn't need to lose weight, always looking great to me. But Jan felt losing a few pounds would help her run faster. The diet must be working as she finally bought a few new clothes so the Goodwill baggy look (as Mike W. would say) is out.
I think Jan's diet is to exercise hard in the morning, eat a yogurt at 8am when she gets to work and then have soup or something for lunch. Dinner is whatever I cook. Actually we share cooking about 50/50. Then a low-fat popsicle for desert. Of course somewhere in there are a few days with a bottle of wine (shared).
My diet has to be a bit more structured. If I don't write exactly what I ate for the day down, and add up the points based on Weight Watchers, I don't lose weight. After 2 months I've lost about 8 pounds. It's not happening quickly, but I'm getting closer to my marathon goal weight of around 160-162. Currently I weigh 166 or so. Without Weight Watchers I have the habit of thinking if one cookie is good, four are better, or chips eaten before a meal don't count. If I ran, biked, or swam, I could eat anything. True to a point. The point came across loud and clear when the scale read 175 over the summer. Close to my heaviest ever.
Losing weight seems reasonable to me since last year's Boston Marathon winner was 6'1" and weighed 142 pounds. No way am I going that low. But maybe 162 will help me get to Boston. It's what I weighed the only time I qualified so many years ago.

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