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On May 9, 7:21*am, Wayne Knight wrote:

Last July 7th I consulted a physician, dietician, and trainer and
started a slow process to fitness. This morning I weighed in at 230
lbs and ran (slowly jogged is more like it) the Indianapolis Half
Marathon. I didn't set any records and won't be invited to Boston
Marathon anytime soon but I finished the darn thing. While I can't
confess to being smoke free, a pack now lasts me weeks and not hours.
In the morning I am heading out for Fontana Lake *and catching the
ferry to the Hazel Creek trail for a three day backpacking excursion
to its headwaters. Provided I don't become bear poop, I will post some
kind of a report when I return next weekend. Nothing as nice as
Steve's but a report that won't involve much roadside fishing except
for a planned head hunting trip for bigger browns in the Little River
on the way home from NC.

Thanks for reading

Wow! 108 lbs in 10 months, and a three day pack trip upcoming! You're
now smaller and more well-winded than I was when we met 3 years
ago...but not entirely because you've been decreasing, my friend. :-(

You've inspired me to start my own regimen...starting today. Brought
my gear to work. My current stat...237 lbs. My goal...to get down to
225 by June 15, and down to 210 by July 25. I'll keep all y'all
posted.

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On Sat, 8 May 2010 16:21:20 -0700 (PDT), Wayne Knight
wrote:

This isn't going to rival Steve's fine report but I needed to boast a
wee bit to somebody and ROFF it is.

Beginning in 1992 when I started traveling as a consultant I began
chain smoking and eating like someone escaping a famine and entering a
McDonalds for the first time. At the same time I quit even the basic
activities I was doing like playing softball and taking long strolls/
hikes. By the time I turned 50 in 2008 I was over the 320 lb mark and
last year when I fished with Mr. Fortenberry in Michigan I was
carrying around 338 lbs. Even with a couple of hospital admissions for
a misfiring heart and the onset of Diabetes I would often jest my last
words were going to be "one more donut/cigarette isn't going to kill
me"

The last few years I had been mostly confined to roadside fishing.
Last May I couldn't make one of the easier hikes a mile or so in to a
brookie stream in the Smokys without stopping to catch my breath every
100 yards or so. In June, while fishing with Mr. Fortenberry on the
Jordan River, I proceeded to do Mr. Reid proud in quicksand laced
waters with a depth of 2'. On the way home from my cut short trip to
Michigan, I knew something had to change.

Last July 7th I consulted a physician, dietician, and trainer and
started a slow process to fitness. This morning I weighed in at 230
lbs and ran (slowly jogged is more like it) the Indianapolis Half
Marathon. I didn't set any records and won't be invited to Boston
Marathon anytime soon but I finished the darn thing. While I can't
confess to being smoke free, a pack now lasts me weeks and not hours.
In the morning I am heading out for Fontana Lake and catching the
ferry to the Hazel Creek trail for a three day backpacking excursion
to its headwaters. Provided I don't become bear poop, I will post some
kind of a report when I return next weekend. Nothing as nice as
Steve's but a report that won't involve much roadside fishing except
for a planned head hunting trip for bigger browns in the Little River
on the way home from NC.

Thanks for reading

Thanks for sharing, and glad to hear of your success. And FWIW, if a pack lasts
"weeks," that's only about 1 cigarette a day. Aside from insurance "tobacco
use," I'd be curious to find out if such is even still (objectively, from a
medical POV) actually "smoking." I guess my point is, is that if you can keep
it to that level and keep the weight off, etc., how much real damage, if any, is
1 a day actually doing? Of course, that said, I can't imagine that even 1 a day
is _good_ for anyone, so if you decide to kick it completely, good luck with
doing so.

TC,
R

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On May 10, 11:39*am, wrote:
On Sat, 8 May 2010 16:21:20 -0700 (PDT), Wayne Knight
wrote:





This isn't going to rival Steve's fine report but I needed to boast a
wee bit to somebody and ROFF it is.

Beginning in 1992 when I started traveling as a consultant I began
chain smoking and eating like someone escaping a famine and entering a
McDonalds for the first time. At the same time I quit even the basic
activities I was doing like playing softball and taking long strolls/
hikes. By the time I turned 50 in 2008 I was over the 320 lb mark and
last year when I fished with Mr. Fortenberry in Michigan I was
carrying around 338 lbs. Even with a couple of hospital admissions for
a misfiring heart and the onset of Diabetes I would often jest my last
words were going to be "one more donut/cigarette isn't going to kill
me"

The last few years I had been mostly confined to roadside fishing.
Last May I couldn't make one of the easier hikes a mile or so in to a
brookie stream in the Smokys without stopping to catch my breath every
100 yards or so. In June, while fishing with Mr. Fortenberry on the
Jordan River, I proceeded to do Mr. Reid proud in quicksand laced
waters with a depth of 2'. On the way home from my cut short trip to
Michigan, I knew something had to change.

Last July 7th I consulted a physician, dietician, and trainer and
started a slow process to fitness. This morning I weighed in at 230
lbs and ran (slowly jogged is more like it) the Indianapolis Half
Marathon. I didn't set any records and won't be invited to Boston
Marathon anytime soon but I finished the darn thing. While I can't
confess to being smoke free, a pack now lasts me weeks and not hours.
In the morning I am heading out for Fontana Lake *and catching the
ferry to the Hazel Creek trail for a three day backpacking excursion
to its headwaters. Provided I don't become bear poop, I will post some
kind of a report when I return next weekend. Nothing as nice as
Steve's but a report that won't involve much roadside fishing except
for a planned head hunting trip for bigger browns in the Little River
on the way home from NC.

Thanks for reading

Thanks for sharing, and glad to hear of your success. *And FWIW, if a pack lasts
"weeks," that's only about 1 cigarette a day.

Well, if it's 2 weeks that works out to a bit more than 1 cigarette a
day. On the other hand, if we're talking 18 weeks it's a good deal
less than 1 cigarette a day. Chocolate and vanilla.

Aside from insurance "tobacco
use," I'd be curious to find out if such is even still (objectively, from a
medical POV) actually "smoking."

No, it's only actually smoking (objectively, from a medical POV) if
you smoke 11 1/2 or more per week. Anything less than that is
considered discretionary reading.....on roller skates.

I guess my point is, is that if you can keep
it to that level and keep the weight off, etc., how much real damage, if any, is
1 a day actually doing?

Well, you guess wrong. That isn't a point, it's a question.

Of course, that said, I can't imagine that even 1 a day
is _good_ for anyone,

You don't have much of an imagination. Ethanol is toxic. Think about
it.

Idiot.

so if you decide to kick it completely, good luck with
doing so.

Luck has nothing to do with it.

Good job, Wayne.

g.

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On May 8, 5:21*pm, Wayne Knight wrote:

started a slow process to fitness. This morning I weighed in at 230
lbs and ran (slowly jogged is more like it) the Indianapolis Half
Marathon. I didn't set any records and won't be invited to Boston

Good show Wayne. Hope you had a great trip to NC. Last night I had my
first jog in about five months. Felt good to sweat again, but I didn't
exactly attack the long slow hill from my house, more like just
survived it. One of these years I'll figure out how to keep up the
regimen all the way through a semester...

Jon.

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On May 11, 10:21*am, Jonathan Cook wrote:
On May 8, 5:21*pm, Wayne Knight wrote:

started a slow process to fitness. This morning I weighed in at 230
lbs and ran (slowly jogged is more like it) the Indianapolis Half
Marathon. I didn't set any records and won't be invited to Boston

Good show Wayne. Hope you had a great trip to NC. Last night I had my
first jog in about five months. Felt good to sweat again, but I didn't
exactly attack the long slow hill from my house, more like just
survived it. One of these years I'll figure out how to keep up the
regimen all the way through a semester...

Jon.

Walk gentelman walk. Walk lots. That jogging stuff after a certain age
just tears the **** out of your knees and hips and feet. Accept age,
don't pretend some Doc will make you a kid again. And if you are
jogging on pavement you are really asking for it . . . soon.

Dave

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On Sat, 8 May 2010 16:21:20 -0700 (PDT), Wayne Knight
wrote:

This isn't going to rival Steve's fine report but I needed to boast a
wee bit to somebody and ROFF it is.

Beginning in 1992 when I started traveling as a consultant I began
chain smoking and eating like someone escaping a famine and entering a
McDonalds for the first time. At the same time I quit even the basic
activities I was doing like playing softball and taking long strolls/
hikes. By the time I turned 50 in 2008 I was over the 320 lb mark and
last year when I fished with Mr. Fortenberry in Michigan I was
carrying around 338 lbs. Even with a couple of hospital admissions for
a misfiring heart and the onset of Diabetes I would often jest my last
words were going to be "one more donut/cigarette isn't going to kill
me"

The last few years I had been mostly confined to roadside fishing.
Last May I couldn't make one of the easier hikes a mile or so in to a
brookie stream in the Smokys without stopping to catch my breath every
100 yards or so. In June, while fishing with Mr. Fortenberry on the
Jordan River, I proceeded to do Mr. Reid proud in quicksand laced
waters with a depth of 2'. On the way home from my cut short trip to
Michigan, I knew something had to change.

Last July 7th I consulted a physician, dietician, and trainer and
started a slow process to fitness. This morning I weighed in at 230
lbs and ran (slowly jogged is more like it) the Indianapolis Half
Marathon. I didn't set any records and won't be invited to Boston
Marathon anytime soon but I finished the darn thing. While I can't
confess to being smoke free, a pack now lasts me weeks and not hours.
In the morning I am heading out for Fontana Lake and catching the
ferry to the Hazel Creek trail for a three day backpacking excursion
to its headwaters. Provided I don't become bear poop, I will post some
kind of a report when I return next weekend. Nothing as nice as
Steve's but a report that won't involve much roadside fishing except
for a planned head hunting trip for bigger browns in the Little River
on the way home from NC.

Thanks for reading

Thumbs up!!

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"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
...
This isn't going to rival Steve's fine report but I needed to boast a
wee bit to somebody and ROFF it is.

great news, knight! i just got back from a four day to the smokies, staying
at the cabins at almond, near nantahala. a little chilly, but great fun.
caught a few nice browns in nanty. wading has become tough for me.
degenerating discs making exercise problematic.

what methodology did you use in your efforts to reduce?

yfitons
wayno

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On May 8, 8:29*pm, "Fred" wrote:

Unless you are another of Forty's fictional and evil minions

I didn't know Forty had fictional and evil minions. I have had the
pleasure to share stream, meal, stories, and drink with Forty, he is a
fine fishing partner and a good friend. I can say the same for several
others here, Jeff, Frank Jr, Riverman, the Pirate, Wolfgang and
others.

I may not agree with everything they write or do, but they remain
friends nonetheless.

I would like to say
Congratulations man!
Keep it up

Thank you

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On May 8, 8:57*pm, rw wrote:

Looking forward to the TR.

Thanks, weather and conditions weren't all that cooperative but as
soon as I get a chance to resize the pictures I'll post a synopsis.

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On May 8, 11:35*pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Way to go old friend. That's a hell of a lot of progress in less
than a year. If you had told me last year that you were going to
run a half marathon within a year I wouldn't have believed it.

thank you, if you're free that weekend I am going to be back at the
Jordan 6/25 or 6/26. Hope things are progressing well for you.