Progress on the Weight Front

I have been eating with an eye to keeping a limit on the intake by using set bowls for meals; that way, if I have more than one bowl at a meal, I know I have eaten more than a given amount; this keeps me accountable for my intake; and if I do indulge in a pastry or cookie, I balance it with a corresponding decrease in intake elsewhere; this has lead me to drop down to 191 lbs as of today, with the prospect that within the next week before Christmas, I should be below 190;

though I am sure, given the minimal eating I have been doing, Christmas will be a temporary set back; but with a bit of restraint, 2 cookies instead of a dozen ;-) I should be able to keep the damage to a minimum, and recoup those gains as losses in a short time;

one thing that I had noticed in November, which I wasn't ready for, was swelling in my feet and legs; after a week or so I asked Thomas, and he said that it is most likely Toxins leaching out of the fat, into the blood stream and I should increase my water intake, and perhaps go onto Cranberry Juice; well I did the water, and it worked the trick, and for the last 2 - 3 weeks I have been moderately better; not completely, as I don't think that is possible until I reach my ideal weight and the fat is reduced to 1 or 2 %;

My friend Trysha sent me a book by Nigel Lawson, on dieting; it had a chart for BMI, and with some searching and finding another chart on Waist/weight, I have come to the conclusion that I am probably heading for a range between 160 and 168 pounds; with exercise, developing muscle, I should not be as emaciated a figure as that weight would suggest;

The Mini-Gym is coming along slowly; put on hold until after Christmas; I have the supports for the weights ready, and plans for a folding bench with a 15 inch width; various ideas are peculating in my brain for cabling and weights interactions; one being a bar at just below full extension of arms, so that as I bend my knees into a crouch, I have support to help raise myself up; hoping that and a few other ideas will help raise the muscle tone in the thighs;

that is it for now; will post again after Christmas; I might have a surprise or two for this blog ;) cheers