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Portly and portage

I’m getting pretty chunky, which is a wound to my pride and health and — oddly enough — travel sensibility. I like to travel light. I can spend a week about anywhere (if I’m not preaching) with a small carry-on and a modestly packed laptop case. (With no lap-top.) Hardly revolutionary, but a developed skill none the less. But what’s the use of packing light if I’m packing twenty or thirty extra pounds at my waistline.

Then it hit me.

I want to go to the UUCF Revival in November. I want to lose weight. I’ve made a deal with myself. I hope I don’t regret it.
I will carry only as much luggage as the weight I loose between two weeks ago and then. If I loose twenty pounds, I can pack like a normal person. If I loose a half a pound, it means a change of undies in a plastic bag.

Silly? Perhaps. But I hate feeling like a sausage and I like a contest. I’ll let you know how it turns out. Of course, the Revival participants will know first.

Comments 4

  1. PeaceBang wrote:

    If you lose half a pound, you have to wear a Speedo for the whole conference. If I only lose half a pound, I have to wear a string bikini. Deal?

    This could be like Celebrity Fit Club, only with ministers.

    Posted 19 Jul 2006 at 9:52 pm
  2. Scott Wells wrote:

    Oh, no no no. If those were the rules, I’d get lipo today. Perhaps a DIY gastric bypass.

    Posted 19 Jul 2006 at 10:03 pm
  3. Dudley Jones wrote:

    Some people find that eating lots of vegetables helps. Vegetables have all sorts of good stuff in them, and furthermore you can eat a large serving at lunch time and it will not make you sleepy. Additions can make this more interesting – hot sauce, grated cheese, seeds and nuts, etc.

    Walking a lot helps.

    Good luck!!!!

    ps the font on this web site is very small, hard to read

    Posted 22 Jul 2006 at 8:41 pm
  4. Scott Wells wrote:

    The size of the type is not hard-coded; it can be adjusted from your browser.

    Posted 23 Jul 2006 at 12:02 am

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