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Amen to all four things.

Happy Thanksgiving to you, PAD.

I just saw the February solicit for X-Factor. Is it really goodbye for Rahne? :(

Well, the first one I'll be leaving in the hands of the Staten Island Ferry pilots and NYC Subway conductors - the second, I'll do what I can.

Have a Groovy Turkey Day, folks.

:)

btw Peter - if you or Cath - or any NY area posters - find yourself doing any holiday shopping at Macy's in Manhattan, c'mon up to the Rug department and check out the holiday puppet show - $3 for a pretty cute 20 minute show - and if you come on a weekend, when I'm on shift, ask for me and I'll get you comped - but the weekeday guys are really good puppeteers too!

Thanks Peter, and the same well wishes to you and your loved ones.

So say we all!

Your advice conjures up the image of when Robert Wagner hosted Saturday Night Live, Peter.

Same to you and your family.

A happy and safe Thanksgiving to everyone. Pass the cranberry sauce!

Thanks for the well wishes! Happy Turkey Day to you as well!

Happy Thanksgiving All! May the day find you surrounded by those you treasure and who treasure you.

In the spirit of the holiday, I'm grateful that we have a site where we can freely exchange ideas (both serious and silly). Thank you, PAD!

"If you can only do one of those, do the first one."

But I CAN'T drive...

Nonetheless, a Happy Thanksgiving to all.

How about we eat all the people who don't drive carefully?

From Gene Hall: How about we eat all the people who don't drive carefully?

Just wait until they crash. In Florida we call it a Car-b-que.

1Peter, I just read "Leah". I have 2 young daughters so the story was very special to me. They both love Spidey just as I have my whole life. We all know these feelings of a friend you admire from afar. I think this was the sweetest story ever and it reminds us that sometimes we are as important to them as they are to us.

thanks,
Michael

Sweet I have no car so I can glutton myself up!
Not like I needed an excuse =)

As great as it is to see my wife's family (the only time we all get together), there are two things I miss: A--the "Giant Gorilla Film festival" taht for some reason was a yearky tradition in New York when I was a kid. I don't know what KING KONG, SON OF KONG, and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG had to do with the Pilgrims but channel 9 did, bless 'em.

And B--- the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Turkey Day marathons. Nuff said,

"And B--- the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Turkey Day marathons. Nuff said,"

We gather together to watch cheezy movies
On Comedy Central
On Thanksgiving Day
And at Mystery Science (breath)
Theatre 3000
It's 30 straight hours
And it's called Turkey dayyyyyyyy.

Push the button Frank

David

We're home, back from visiting with the entire family (can't remember the last time both my siblings and my parents were together; might have been Ariel's Bat Mitzvah.)

Amazingly, I didn't gain weight from Thanksgiving, even though I had waaaay more of the desserts than I should have had. Then again, I worked out on a treadmill in the hotel fitness room for an hour Thursday evening and an hour Friday morning, so that probably helped.

PAD

I don't think I can recall you mentioning two siblings (though I could be wrong). I think I recall you mentioning a sister. Who is the second one? A brother? Or a second sister?

Anyway, congrats on maintaining your discipline. I myself did not have more than one plate of food, or one serving of the few things I put on it, and it wasn't a heaping plate. I did have two helpings of dessert, but only because after having a piece of chocolate cake, I saw that my cousin had brought some apple pie. I had to wait a couple of hours between the two, because having two much sweets at one time is not palatable for me, and that chocolate cake was sweeter than I would've liked. Had I known about the pie ahead of time, I would've foregone the cake.

Been having a lot of meatless, vegetable burritos lately, and the woman who cut my hair Monday said that I looked thinner than we she last saw me months ago, so maybe I'll look better for my family when I got to Italy this December for my cousin's wedding. I even noticed that when I bought a couple of pairs of jeans yesterday, I not only fit into the size I normally wear, but into the next lower size. (Yay!)

Happy Holidays, Peter. :-)

Luigi,

http://peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/003420.html

Yeah, I remember that post now. So who's the second one?

(Unfortunately, it looks like Wally's site is no longer at the old url.)

Gene Hall Posted: "How about we eat all the people who don't drive carefully?"

...grrr...argghh....pass the brainsbrainsbrains.....

Sorry, That's what I get for renting "Return of the Living Dead"...

--Captain Naraht

Just finished reading your "A Matter of Some Weight" article and wanted to vouch for some of the steps you found very helpful. Much of what you mention is very similiar to my expereinces over the past 2 years. Some stats for perspective - 2 years ago I was a 41 year old male, 175 pounds (which was my weight for the past 15 years at least), no regular exercise - not the most dire of circumstances, but not looking at any betterment of my situation as I got older. I came to similiar conclusions as you - I was eating large portion sizes and wasn't exercising. After a year, I lost 23 pounds down to 152, and I've maintained it for a year + now. People ask me as they did you - how did you do it and my response is the same - I ate less and exercised! Here are the similiarites and some new tips:

1)I drink water almost exclusively also. Maybe a help to your coffee question - I drink a lot of coffee - and have not changed that habit at all - so it did not prevent me from achieving my goal. Maybe I would have gotten there faster, but it has not been an issue for me.
2) I also didn't "go on a diet". At times, I eat some of anything - bread, ice cream, whatever. However...
3) Portion control - although I did this a different way. First, I changed from almost exclusivley from sandwiches at lunch to salads (or 1/2 sandwich & 1/2 salad. Not a real small sald but a good size salad with a lot of different vegetables. Plus turkey on it, some cheese and bacon - sounds fattening maybe, but I found that most things in small portions will do the trick. Usually fat free dressing. Lunch is also my biggest meal.
4) Dinner - I stick to small dinners - a chicken breast (grilled usually) or a piece of fish and an apple. Regarding the apple, I read a recent study where they concluded that eating an apple about 20 minutes BEFORE a meal helped control appetite and resulted in that person consuming about 200 calories less in total (because the apple partially makes you feel full - and apples are healthy for you).
5) Weighing - I do the same as you (weigh myself every morning), which is contrary to everything I always heard - don't weigh yourslef too often. The same reason as you - it helps guide me each day and I make slight modifications on wether I should take a slight treat.
6) I travel for my job a lot (by car). I found 3 places for lunch that are chains where I can get a nice salad and a variety at that - Panera, Wegman's and Fresh City. I'm sure there are others and that's no the point. The main thing that helped me was I ate the same 5 or 6 combos every day for a while to help me gauge if the calorie intake was resulting in losing weight (sort of like a controlled experiment). I found that it did. Sure I deviate sometimes, but 5 days or so a week I'm eating something I know hasn't interfered in my goals.
7) Exercise - the main thing I do now is play soccer and that really helps. It's at least once a week, sometimes twice a weak. I realize everyone may not be able to do that, but find something you like to do - running, basketball, softball - anything. Find something age appropriate - ie I joined an over 40 Soccer league. I know I can't run with the 20 or 30 year olds, but the 40, 50 and yes - 60 year old's! - I can. The first game I was winded after 10 minutes. I took me about 3 weeks to rough thru it, but then I could go the full 90 minutes witouth much problem at all. Eventually I'll need to downscale, so maybe I'll have to downscale and play less each time, and add in 1 more time a week to keep the total up.

8) Exercise while watching TV. I watch a LOT of TV (HEROES IS AWESOME!). I never exercised. Now I do sets of sit ups and push ups - sometimes during commercials or during the show if I know I can go a short spurt with just listening. It's easy to measure progress as you'll eventually be able to do more pushups and sit-ups. Whatever you do is better than just sitting on the couch for the full hour!

Hopefully at least 1 person might find at least 1 tip in here to get started on getting in better shape. I feel compelled these days to talk to my friends about some of these things as they ask me how I did it. Your article just hit so close to how I went about things that I felt the need to let you know (and hopefully others) that is does work - you just need to find the right routine that works for you that you can live with - and you don't need any crazy super strict diets!

Finally, on the comic front - I have to let you knwo I really enjoy just about anything you write and I think I've read most of your stuff from the beginning. I recently read your 1st She-Hulk issue, and I hadn't even realized you were taking over that title, but that was a pleasant surprise. I really enjoyed it and look forward to subsequent issues) - thank you!

Frank G.

PS - I need to get to sleep now! It's after 11 PM, but felt this was a worthy cause. I do agree on the sleep issue and stick pretty close to your recommended time (11:30 - 6:30 or 7 AM). Good Night....