I almost feel like I don't belong here. Maybe I do... maybe I don't.
I'll leave it for you, to decide.

If I'm an anorexic, then I'm still in the early stages of it. I've
dropped from 265 lbs down to 195. I've gone from a 42" waist, to a
34" waist that's a bit loose. Hell, my Doctor is having the time of
her life. She loves the way my blood-pressure has fallen. She adores
the fact that my pulse is strong, and slow. Last time she took it,
it was sub-60. She just doesn't know how I'm doing it.

I bike about 20 miles a day, on a Schwinn Airdyne. Takes me about an
hour. You know the drill.. you toss on a movie, set the timer.. get
up to a reasonable speed (60-65 rpm, for me) and bike until the
timer beeps. I can't skip a day of biking, though. I've tried. I can
practically feel those 70 lbs coming back, even as I try and watch a
movie without biking.

I don't eat well.. I'll admit that, up front. The diet started
innocently enough. Somewhere along the line it.. changed. Became a
lot stricter. This is what I don't understand, though. Somewhere
along the line, the strictness intensified.. and became NORMAL. It
became normal for me to eat once every other day. The meal would
consist of a small 6" torpedo sub from 7-11 and a 20 oz. Mountain
Dew. Occasionally at work I'd snag a handful of Wheat-thins, Gold-
fish, or whatever fingerfood they'd have around. I'd drink gallons
of coffee... I still do. Love the stuff. If I try and eat twice in a
day, I'm driven nuts, until I do another round on the bike. THEN I'm
alright with it. Mostly. I'm uncomfortable with eating once a day.
I can DO it.. I'm just not very happy about doing it.

I rationalize it well, though. What is a diet, other than a
situation where you burn more calories than you take in?

This is getting a bit long, especially for a post from a first-
timer. I'll let it end here for now, I guess. Take care, and be
well, all. I'd not mind hearing your opinion about what I've said.

Please, though.. don't think I'm just being a smeg-head. What I've
said in here is true.

Respectfully,

Bryan H. Hall