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2017 NOV 6 -- Day 79

I have gained a pound. Is life over? Nope. I believe this is simply a "food baby."  I am at 376.4 lbs today, and I have a bit of a bloat in my gut. I ate some heavy food, and now I just have to wait until it processes through my body. This too shall pass! Hehe.

Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 376.4 lbs  
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs

I have come to realize that a small gain from one day to the next is fine. My body will adjust and lose it again now that I am working with a successful diet plan. My body now knows what it needs to do. And I also had a bit of a funny thought. My body is a machine. It's a machine built to use food as a source of fuel. This SLD method uses oil. I am oiling my machine so that it runs better!

I'm so smart sometimes! I am clearly very brainy.

I wonder how it is that people can come up with theories, ideas, and even devices and products that no one has ever imagined before. I mean, improving on existing things is one thing, but reaming up something radically different from what we've always known? How? It's amazing. I think this is why I love Star Trek so much.

The original series was incredibly innovative, but the Next Generation series also introduced some amazing things as well. Only now when I'm re-watching it can I fully appreciate the things that were likely added to common usage because of that show.

Seth Roberts contributed the SLD diet method to the world because he was innovative and went completely outside of conventional wisdom to try to uncover the truth about the human condition. I really appreciate that. He succeeded in my opinion. No other diet has ever had results where I'm concerned. This is the only diet that has resulted in prolonged weight loss for me. This is Day 79, and it's still working! I haven't bounced back to more than I weighed before I started, and I don't plan to.

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