Muscles + Stuck at 210 + Fasting

My leg muscles are sore as hell. The pain in my knee on the other hand seems to have gotten better overnight. Between resting, icing it, Aleve, and this topical anti-inflammatory product I use called Derma Tran it feels much better today.

I can't get my weight below 210 no matter what combination of things I try. I had this problem when I hit 220, and now I'm  having it again at 210. 180 pound looks like a long way away. I saw people yesterday at least 10 years older than myself running up and down Mt. Tam, running. If I check the scale and it reads 206, and then check a week later it's back up to 210.

To be perfectly honest there has been the sporadic visits to the ice cream parlor, the occasional pizza binge, the 6 pack of IPA's, but I've upped the exercise program considerably, and still I haven't shed an ounce. Someone tell me what the fuck else can I do? I knew this would be hard, but for fuck sake give me a break.  I'm not looking for praise, pity, a pat on the back, no two thumbs up, just some more pounds off my fat ass.

This is why people fail at weight loss. The body and the brain will fight you all the way. The body reacts as if you are trying to kill it instead of repair it. Before I lost the 46 pounds I've shed I had aches and pains in my joints all the time. Now they're gone. I know it can only get better with more weight off.

I won't give up. I haven't come this far to lose. The only thing I can think is I'm not working hard enough. The old Protestant work ethic once again. Eat less, work more, no pain, no gain, that's life old man.

Today is a fast day again.

That's it.

Peace,

Make Food/Not War

Food Consumption;

Breakfast; black tea and lemon

Lunch; Nothing

Dinner; 3 turkey tacos, fresh salsa, wild rice

Exercise; 1/2 hr. on the exercise bike, 3 miles hiking w/dogs