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I'm already getting double-takes and I still have a long way to go before I reach my target. The only downside is that I have to buy new clothes, knowing that I will only be able to wear them for a month or so before I need more. Since increasing my daily walk from 3 to 6 miles, I've gone from a waist size 48 to a waist size 44 in just eight weeks and I've had to punch new notches in all my belts. Also have tremendous energy. On a whim, I remodeled my downstairs bathroom yesterday. In the old days, it would have taken me a full week to do all that I did in one day. In one burst of energy, I removed all the fixtures, stripped wallpaper and painted the walls.

One of the things that made me decide to lose the weight was my national convention in Florida back in March. Last year, I had bought a new $400 suit because all my other ones no longer fitted. This year, the suit barely fit and at the banquet, I had to unbuckle my trousers so I could sit down comfortably. I was disgusted and I resolved myself then and there to lose the weight and keep it off. I'm a goal-oriented person so once I commit to something like this, it gets done.

Well I put the suit back on yesterday and the trousers fit so loosely that I needed a belt to hold them up. But I'm not finished by a long shot. I'm back in "boot camp."