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a numbers milestone: 100, 411, and 309.8

100 pounds is also the amount of weight I have lost from my highest known weight, about 15 years ago.

I once weighed 411 pounds. Very likely, I weighed more than that, as after seeing that unfathomable number on the scale I went for several years without weighing myself.

This morning, I got on the scale, and it read 309.8. For the first time I am below 311, which means I've lost more than 100 pounds.

There are many reasons for the weight loss (walking, eating vegetarian/vegan, shovelgloving, the No-S Diet, t'ai chi, yoga) but my latest round of weight loss has come from the master cleanse fast. I'm presently on day 7 of the fast.

It is possible that when I break the fast I will put some weight back on. I'm already budgeting for this mentally, but I have some ideas about how to stabilize and continue the weight loss. Overall my weight stays pretty steady; I've been at 325 fairly consistently for 2 years now.

Anyway, forgive this moment of exuberance and self-indulgence over personal accomplishment, but GO ME! :-D

posted by JWL at 10:56 AM | 3 comment(s)

fukk da pope!

And listen to what they're saying: the pope was talking about the sexual abuse scandal among catholic priests in the US, but changed to subject to say: ""What does it mean to speak of child protection when pornography and violence can be viewed in so many homes through media widely available today?"

Yeah, widely-available pr0n is the problem. Not the destructive behavior of sexually-repressed men in positions of spiritual authority. Let's blame the fact that kids might see sex on a screen somewhere. Not those who actually decide to attack and violate these children.

Then to show just how full of cr@p all of this is, George W piped up: "In a world where some treat life as something to be debased and discarded, we need your message that all human life is sacred."

Sigh. Where to begin.

But don't worry. Things will be better soon when Obillary is in the White House.

Mmm hmmm.

No, really.

posted by JWL at 11:41 PM | 0 comment(s)