Woo-hoosh!

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Finally broke 200! Time to change the sig!!!!

I only weigh once every few months, so this was a real shock. I've been
averaging about 2-3 lbs a month, so this is nothing short of amazing.

The only thing I can think of that has changed recently is that I finally
gave up caffeine altogether this summer. I wonder if that had anything to
do with it.

Dan (doing an entirely undignified happy dance and not acting his age)
325/199/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

126 lbs -- OUTSTANDING, Dan! Welcome to ONE-derland! We are never undignified
in our OWN minds -- just to people who happen to be watching us :-) It's a sad
fact that things you do when you are younger look cool, hip, quirky, fun, etc.
You just keep doing the same things, but somewhere along the line they stop being
cook, hip, quirky and fun and now appear to be just plain WEIRD :-)

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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Dan (doing an entirely undignified happy dance and not acting his age)
325/199/180

Hot DAMN!! Dance away, you deserve it!!
LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/171/140
& hubby- 6' 310/190/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

"Daniel Hoffmeister" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Finally broke 200! Time to change the sig!!!!

I only weigh once every few months, so this was a real shock. I've been
averaging about 2-3 lbs a month, so this is nothing short of amazing.

The only thing I can think of that has changed recently is that I finally
gave up caffeine altogether this summer. I wonder if that had anything to
do with it.

Dan (doing an entirely undignified happy dance and not acting his age)
325/199/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

Rock on dude!!

--
Lori
220/155144
LC since 1/17/03
Devoted wife of Curtis, Stage 4 Prostate cancer at age 40
http://community.webshots.com/user/lorismiller

"Saffire" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

126 lbs -- OUTSTANDING, Dan! Welcome to ONE-derland! We are never

undignified

Quoted message said:

in our OWN minds -- just to people who happen to be watching us :-) It's

a sad

Quoted message said:

fact that things you do when you are younger look cool, hip, quirky, fun,

etc.

Quoted message said:

You just keep doing the same things, but somewhere along the line they

stop being

Quoted message said:

cook, hip, quirky and fun and now appear to be just plain WEIRD :-)

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Don't ever let someone make you feel like this ever again! as my 4 yr old
son would say "trust me, listen to me"
If you don't think you look cool, hip, quirky, fun, etc. then just think of
this. The world is made up of cycles. seasons, lifestyles, ice ages, etc. We
used to think we'd always be young and quirky or clever or whatever we saw
ourselves as, suddenly (years later) our children or their friends see us
like we saw some adults way back and we get freaked out! we were never going
to be like T^HAT!! no way! Life is cycles. roll with it. YOU know who you
are, if it's not quite what you hoped it to be, change what you can.

--
Lori (38 yrs conscience on planet Earth)
220/155/144 Looked damn good there last fall
devote wife of Curtis, Stage 4 Prostate cancer at age 40 (12/30/2003)
http://community.webshots.com/user/lorismiller

"Saffire" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

126 lbs -- OUTSTANDING, Dan! Welcome to ONE-derland! We are never

undignified

Quoted message said:

in our OWN minds -- just to people who happen to be watching us :-) It's

a sad

Quoted message said:

fact that things you do when you are younger look cool, hip, quirky, fun,

etc.

Quoted message said:

You just keep doing the same things, but somewhere along the line they

stop being

Quoted message said:

cook, hip, quirky and fun and now appear to be just plain WEIRD :-)

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Don't ever let someone make you feel like this ever again! as my 4 yr old
son would say "trust me, listen to me"
If you don't think you look cool, hip, quirky, fun, etc. then just think of
this. The world is made up of cycles. seasons, lifestyles, ice ages, etc. We
used to think we'd always be young and quirky or clever or whatever we saw
ourselves as, suddenly (years later) our children or their friends see us
like we saw some adults way back and we get freaked out! we were never going
to be like T^HAT!! no way! Life is cycles. roll with it. YOU know who you
are, if it's not quite what you hoped it to be, change what you can.

--
Lori (38 yrs conscience on planet Earth)
220/155/144 Looked damn good there last fall
devote wife of Curtis, Stage 4 Prostate cancer at age 40 (12/30/2003)
http://community.webshots.com/user/lorismiller

Congratulations Dan,

Incredible accomplishment.

I know the 200 was a major psychological barrier.

You're in the home stretch now.

Congrats on your healthy way of living.

It's amazing that given the right information on what to measure and control
.... suddenly we can manage and control our lives.

God bless Dr. Atkins for standing up against the obviously non-thinking
medical profession.

Congrats for your perserverence and follow through on the new way of living.

Best Regards,

Placid

"Daniel Hoffmeister" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Finally broke 200! Time to change the sig!!!!

I only weigh once every few months, so this was a real shock. I've been
averaging about 2-3 lbs a month, so this is nothing short of amazing.

The only thing I can think of that has changed recently is that I finally
gave up caffeine altogether this summer. I wonder if that had anything to
do with it.

Dan (doing an entirely undignified happy dance and not acting his age)
325/199/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

Daniel Hoffmeister wrote:
| Finally broke 200! Time to change the sig!!!!
|
| I only weigh once every few months, so this was a real shock. I've
| been averaging about 2-3 lbs a month, so this is nothing short of
| amazing.
|
| The only thing I can think of that has changed recently is that I
| finally gave up caffeine altogether this summer. I wonder if that
| had anything to do with it.
|
| Dan (doing an entirely undignified happy dance and not acting his age)
| 325/199/180
| Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
| Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

Congratulations! Where are the jpegs?
--
Peter
270/215/180
Before/Current Pix:
http://users.thelink.net/marengo/weightlosspix/weightlosspix.html

I wonder if your undignified dance is anything like the fish dance my father
used to embarrass me with and I now use on my kids
🙂

Linda

--

"Daniel Hoffmeister" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Finally broke 200! Time to change the sig!!!!

I only weigh once every few months, so this was a real shock. I've been
averaging about 2-3 lbs a month, so this is nothing short of amazing.

The only thing I can think of that has changed recently is that I finally
gave up caffeine altogether this summer. I wonder if that had anything to
do with it.

Dan (doing an entirely undignified happy dance and not acting his age)
325/199/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

Quoted message said:

Daniel Hoffmeister [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Finally broke 200! Time to change the sig!!!!

Congrats! What you've done is amazing, and you should be very proud of
yourself.

Quoted message said:

I only weigh once every few months, so this was a real shock. I've been
averaging about 2-3 lbs a month, so this is nothing short of amazing.

The only thing I can think of that has changed recently is that I finally
gave up caffeine altogether this summer. I wonder if that had anything to
do with it.

Could be, could be. After all, some people *are* affected by caffeine. I
wasn't willing to risk being held back by it, so I gave it up along with
everything else I'd previously said I'd *never* stop consuming (sugar, pasta,
etc.). I have no idea if it helped; for me it was a self-discipline thing.
You, on the other hand, had already lost a tremendous amount of weight, so you
knew you had self-discipline. (Just curious -- what made you finally ditch the
caffeine so deep into the process?)

Whatever caused you to enter the 100s again, congrats! It's a truly admirable
accomplishment.

Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

Daniel Hoffmeister <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Finally broke 200! Time to change the sig!!!!

Good work but your subject line sounded like you had just recovered
from a bout of constipation (I just read a similar word in a
consitpation thread).

lindad said:

I wonder if your undignified dance is anything like the fish dance my father
used to embarrass me with and I now use on my kids
🙂

LOL! Oh, very likely. Dads generally don't have a lot of moves except
what they've borrowed from endzone victory dances as performed by guys FAR
more athletically gifted than they are ;-)

I come from an uninhibited (and German, go figure...) family and regularly
embarrassed my much more convention-conscious kids throughout their
childhood. But now that a couple have kids of their own, genetics is
taking over and they're starting to hear that singsong, "Da-aa-ad!"

Dan
325/199/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

DG511 said:

Quoted message said:

Daniel Hoffmeister [email hidden]

writes:

....

Quoted message said:

knew you had self-discipline. (Just curious -- what made you finally ditch the
caffeine so deep into the process?)

I always thought I had a caffeine habit but I finally realized that I
wasn't actually getting much of a boost off the caffeine. It wasn't a
caffeine habit, just a hot liquid habit. I changed to decaf with no
noticeable withdrawal or difference in my energy level.

Dan
325/199/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

wAY TOOoooO GO dAN! 126 LBS!!! fANTASIC!!!!

Eddie
Type 2

"Daniel Hoffmeister" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
Finally broke 200! Time to change the sig!!!!

I only weigh once every few months, so this was a real shock. I've been
averaging about 2-3 lbs a month, so this is nothing short of amazing.

The only thing I can think of that has changed recently is that I finally
gave up caffeine altogether this summer. I wonder if that had anything to
do with it.

Dan (doing an entirely undignified happy dance and not acting his age)
325/199/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

Cailleachschilde said:

Quoted message said:

Finally broke 200! Time to change the sig!!!!
Dan (doing an entirely undignified happy dance and not acting his age)

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WTG!!!

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Pics, we want pics!

The only recent one of me is one my wife snapped surreptiously at a
friend's pool party. I'm not ready for this one to go public since my
trunks were too big... and I was bending over...

Dan
325/199/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

WOW! Awesome accomplishment, Dan! I'm hoping to get to that magic number
myself soon. You are truly an inspiration!

You need to post pics! Really show off the wonderful work you've done.

Congratulations!

--
Linda
296/205/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html

"Daniel Hoffmeister" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Finally broke 200! Time to change the sig!!!!

I only weigh once every few months, so this was a real shock. I've been
averaging about 2-3 lbs a month, so this is nothing short of amazing.

The only thing I can think of that has changed recently is that I finally
gave up caffeine altogether this summer. I wonder if that had anything to
do with it.

Dan (doing an entirely undignified happy dance and not acting his age)
325/199/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

Quoted message said:

The only recent one of me is one my wife snapped surreptiously at a
friend's pool party. I'm not ready for this one to go public since my
trunks were too big... and I was bending over...

Dan

That's a perfect before picture!

Yvonne

Quoted message said:

The only recent one of me is one my wife snapped surreptiously at a
friend's pool party. I'm not ready for this one to go public since my
trunks were too big... and I was bending over...

Dan

That's a perfect before picture!

Yvonne

Quoted message said:

The only recent one of me is one my wife snapped surreptiously at a
friend's pool party. I'm not ready for this one to go public since my
trunks were too big... and I was bending over...

Dan

Ooops, my bad. That's an after pic. I read it wrong. Well, the loose trunks
would show the weight loss <g>

Yvonne

Cailleachschilde said:

Quoted message said:

The only recent one of me is one my wife snapped surreptiously at a
friend's pool party. I'm not ready for this one to go public since my
trunks were too big... and I was bending over...

Dan

Quoted message said:

Ooops, my bad. That's an after pic. I read it wrong. Well, the loose trunks
would show the weight loss <g>

And publicize my, umm.... coverage issues to the world ;-)

Dan
325/199/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes