Don't despair, Vic. Just maintaining a weight loss is an accomplishment. You've lost 46 pounds and if you keep those pounds off long term that is a big deal! And dude, don't blame the pancakes too much. You're a tall man and so there is a lot of "wiggle room" in your caloric allotment each day.

Thanks Angela. Its not easy, a load of exercise combined with portion control and a massive reduction in mid-meal nibbles.
Great thing with portion control is that things like a pack of pasta lasts longer, several meals longer :-)

(But with all the extra walking I'm doing trainers won't last as long....)

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Wow 105F, that's hot Vic. Definitely not icecream buying weather. Stay cool dude.

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Vic, were you able to purchase any fresh vegetables or fruits in all of that heat?

Looks like I average about 6300 steps, which is about 2.4 miles(I'm actually amazed by that). I really need to "step" it up. I lead such a life of routine, my steps rarely go up except on the one day a week I go up to an old railroad bridge to walk.

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Looks like I average about 6300 steps, which is about 2.4 miles(I'm actually amazed by that). I really need to "step" it up. I lead such a life of routine, my steps rarely go up except on the one day a week I go up to an old railroad bridge to walk.

I'm walking 7.5 km or more nearly every day.

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Looks like I average about 6300 steps, which is about 2.4 miles(I'm actually amazed by that). I really need to "step" it up. I lead such a life of routine, my steps rarely go up except on the one day a week I go up to an old railroad bridge to walk.

I'm walking 7.5 km or more nearly every day.

That is great. I used to walk probably double or triple what I do now, back when I used public transportation. My car made me lazy, and having a sedentary job doesn't help, either.

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Looks like I average about 6300 steps, which is about 2.4 miles(I'm actually amazed by that). I really need to "step" it up. I lead such a life of routine, my steps rarely go up except on the one day a week I go up to an old railroad bridge to walk.

I'm walking 7.5 km or more nearly every day.

That is great. I used to walk probably double or triple what I do now, back when I used public transportation. My car made me lazy, and having a sedentary job doesn't help, either.

It's hard though, being the middle of winter and my predisposition to being totally lazy. :-)
I'm heading out now. Thank Marbooker for TV tuners with PVR.

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Wow 105F, that's hot Vic. Definitely not icecream buying weather. Stay cool dude.

It's now 111F/44C in downtown Aardvark, er Yermo California, 5qts survived the trip, but then it was only 96F out when I came home from the store, My freezer has 6lbs of veggies, 105 fishsticks and slowly vanishing Strawberry Swirl ice cream.

@ Angela: No, it's 12 miles to town across the desert. I'd have to store it all in the refrigerator or buy canned fruit and eggs are bad enough. So I don't.

Fresh vegetables can be expensive and hard to store, especially if you are single and don't need so many.

If you have a freezer, try to buy bags of frozen veg. They will keep longer and you only need to cook the portion you need at the time. They actually hold their vitamins longer than fresh veg! Its easy to steam them in the microwave and should help you keep in budget.

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Wow 105F, that's hot Vic. Definitely not icecream buying weather. Stay cool dude.

It's now 111F/44C in downtown Aardvark, er Yermo California, 5qts survived the trip, but then it was only 96F out when I came home from the store, My freezer has 6lbs of veggies, 105 fishsticks and slowly vanishing Strawberry Swirl ice cream.

@ Angela: No, it's 12 miles to town across the desert. I'd have to store it all in the refrigerator or buy canned fruit and eggs are bad enough. So I don't.

Fresh vegetables can be expensive and hard to store, especially if you are single and don't need so many.

If you have a freezer, try to buy bags of frozen veg. They will keep longer and you only need to cook the portion you need at the time. They actually hold their vitamins longer than fresh veg! Its easy to steam them in the microwave and should help you keep in budget.

I've been buying frozen veggies and cooking in the microwave for years, I have 6lbs in the freezer now(in 6 bags of 16oz each), plus frozen fishsticks, burger buns, 5 loaves of bread and some ham steak that I'm not sure how to cook. My freezer is part of an 18cuft energy star type refrigerator, with the lion share going to the refrig, which leaves less than 1/3rd for the freezer.

That makes sense, Vic, considering your distance from stores and being in the desert. As long as you are getting your 5 portions of fruit and veg a day it doesn't matter how you get them.

Now if there is some way you can figure out how to add more exercise to your day then you'd be doing much better!

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Does anybody remember this fellow?

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Firstly the fresh fruit compartment in the USA is what we call the salad drawer over here in the UK. A fridge should be between 1-5C or 34-40F, so you should be fine.

I don't think you are aware that fresh fruit and vegetables are very expensive in some places. In London food was sooooo cheap because of all the heavy subsidies.

In terms of gas usage, why not have a chat to others in your trailer park. How do they get their food? 2 or 3 of you could take it in turns to drive to shopping every 7-10 days and split the cost of the gas. You could also share fresh stuff between you and the cost of it. It would also get you out from 4 walls and give you some socialising as well. It is not good to live out of tins, packets, jars and a freezer.

This sounds like a good idea, and might be a fun way of making friends. However, like I've already said, frozen veg can be better than fresh veg when it comes to the vitamin levels.

Next, your Escort ZX2 is basically the same as the European MK III Escort introduced in 1980 which it was based on. Parts for all ford cars especially Escorts are freely available here more than any other make, but yes Ford themselves don't make the parts any more. Its got nothing to do with an 8 year law, its supply and demand it wouldn't cost in for them to do it. These days everyone uses pattern parts on older cars, and I expect they do in the States as well. They are made to the same specs and just as good.

Over here we have the GSF group that specialise in pattern parts for German, Swedish and French cars. Nobody pays top dollar for manufacturers bits, although they do stock those as well if you want. I've saved mega bucks on bits for our 1997 Renault Clio, and you could pick up a new seat for yours from a breaker here for silly money.

He probably could if there is a breaker near by. However, Vic is on a ridiculously tight budget. It is hard to judge what he might be able to get. Is there some way you can check what is available in his local area and cost it out for him?

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Actually I don't buy perishable fruit and exercise would be futile with a bum left ankle. Most of the time here it is too damned hot(108F today, 110F on Tuesday) or too cold out, cold enough for snow. So the only exercise I get is from walking about 25'-30' everytime I need to visit the bathroom.

Oh piffle. If a bum left ankle was enough to stop exercise there'd be no Para-Olympics. :)

I think you are smart enough to figure out a way to exercise your upper body at least, and do leg lifts on your other leg. Even sitting in your chair and lifting a couple of full tin cans would work.

Of course if you don't want to exercise, then that's your choice and you are entitled to make it.

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Ten Reasons Why I Cannot Walk Maya Right Now

1. My kitchen sink is full of dishes
2. Mount Laundry is threatening to avalanche
3. I've got to do dinner prep
4. Eric's birthday cake isn't going to bake itself
5. Gosh, Spawnie could really use a good brushing
6. The birdbath hasn't been scrubbed out in a long time
7. I really should go put out some peanuts for Laverne (a blue jay) and Squirrelie (a Squirrel)
8. Ooooh!!! A cooking magazine arrived in today's mail!!!
9. With all these channels, there must be something on tv that I want to watch...
10. Maybe I should call my mother

Sigh... Think how history would have been altered if the Alamo had been so well defended.

Ok, ok, ok... I'm lacing up my sneakers. I'm looking around for a poop bag.

Maya is going to get walked, by me, right now.

Bye!

Ten Reasons Why I Cannot Walk Maya Right Now

1. My kitchen sink is full of dishes
2. Mount Laundry is threatening to avalanche
3. I've got to do dinner prep
4. Eric's birthday cake isn't going to bake itself
5. Gosh, Spawnie could really use a good brushing
6. The birdbath hasn't been scrubbed out in a long time
7. I really should go put out some peanuts for Laverne (a blue jay) and Squirrelie (a Squirrel)
8. Ooooh!!! A cooking magazine arrived in today's mail!!!
9. With all these channels, there must be something on tv that I want to watch...
10. Maybe I should call my mother

Sigh... Think how history would have been altered if the Alamo had been so well defended.

Ok, ok, ok... I'm lacing up my sneakers. I'm looking around for a poop bag.

Maya is going to get walked, by me, right now.

Bye!

Very funny :)

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Went for a lovely walk last night. It was cold but dead calm and quite peaceful. After about 3k's the jumper came off. There is a beautiful Harley CVO Fat Boy in the bike shop window. I would have hocked myself up to the eyeballs to buy it yesterday but my application for finance was declined. It was grey and blue 2009 FXDFSE.

My knee was really sore after my 7.5 km walk so i've done 2 minutes on the traing bike this morning and most of the pain has gone.

Mountain bike in training stand with adjustable resistance = total boredom. It lives in the ex dressing room.

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Ten Reasons Why I Cannot Walk Maya Right Now

1. My kitchen sink is full of dishes
2. Mount Laundry is threatening to avalanche
3. I've got to do dinner prep
4. Eric's birthday cake isn't going to bake itself
5. Gosh, Spawnie could really use a good brushing
6. The birdbath hasn't been scrubbed out in a long time
7. I really should go put out some peanuts for Laverne (a blue jay) and Squirrelie (a Squirrel)
8. Ooooh!!! A cooking magazine arrived in today's mail!!!
9. With all these channels, there must be something on tv that I want to watch...
10. Maybe I should call my mother

Sigh... Think how history would have been altered if the Alamo had been so well defended.

Ok, ok, ok... I'm lacing up my sneakers. I'm looking around for a poop bag.

Maya is going to get walked, by me, right now.

Bye!

Oh crap, I forgot to put the laundry in the drier.

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some ham steak that I'm not sure how to cook.

Ham steak is easy. Grilled is really yummy, pan fried (no oil) is also good. I like mine without any sauce at all, however, other people like to have a pineapple slice on top.

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I hate exercising. I really do. Still, in anticipation of evil eating all weekend, I have now exercised two days in a row. Yesterday I walked home from our local BART station - a 55 minute uphill climb. This evening Maya and I did our usual route. Gosh I hate exercising. What do you exercise people see in it?

I hate exercising. I really do. Still, in anticipation of evil eating all weekend, I have now exercised two days in a row. Yesterday I walked home from our local BART station - a 55 minute uphill climb. This evening Maya and I did our usual route. Gosh I hate exercising. What do you exercise people see in it?

Maybe they feel good when the pain stops ;-)