# 10 down, 10 to go!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-down-10-to-go/598762>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 6, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-down-10-to-go/598762 "2011-10-06T06:23:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-down-10-to-go/598762/1 "2011-10-06T06:23:16Z")

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This morning, I’d lost 10 kg since August. It’s quite pointless for anyone but myself, but I just had to share it.

And no, no diet. Particularly not any kind of low-carb diet. Just using the old and true formula calories in = calories burned + weight increase.

I’m finally getting used to - and actually appreciating - being constantly more or less hungry, too. 🆒

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**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-down-10-to-go/598762/2 "2011-10-06T08:42:40Z")

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Congratulations!

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-down-10-to-go/598762/3 "2011-10-06T20:52:53Z")

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Hooray! Good luck with your continued success.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-down-10-to-go/598762/4 "2011-10-07T15:02:04Z")

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Good for you! I’ve been quietly losing excess pounds, also; about a pound a week for the past five months or so. I was somewhat shocked by my weight at my last annual physical (and by my A1c number), so decided to stop eating like a teenager at age 64. I’m down to about 225 from 250+ and feeling much happier with myself. Keep on with the good work!

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-down-10-to-go/598762/5 "2011-10-07T19:36:47Z")

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I’ve dropped 7 pounds in the last week and all I’ve done different is not eat wheat. I think it’s doing the trick for two reasons. First is the whole “wheat is evil” stuff which I neither buy nor reject (although I do feel pretty good). Second is the fact that most of what I typically eat has some kind of bread in it and I’m not coming up with a lot of things I _can_ eat. So Maybe it’s calories in/calories burned, and maybe it’s no wheat =\> better glucose control =\> normally functioning pancreas =\> some other chiz =\> weight loss.

Unlike the OP, however, I don’t have a weight loss goal. I’d be fine wasting away for another 50 pounds before I’d even consider being concerned.