I've got a few things to talk about for this update. All is quiet on the education front. My teachers haven't pressed me for any difficult work. I'm waiting for instructions on how to get started with my in-class observations in one class. The other class features a professor with an admitted tendency for loopyness. Neither class has any solid structure except for maybe the first one. It's very different than my science classes. Here's the odd thing: in these two classes they instruct us to be clear, concise and explicit with our instructions with students and NEITHER of our instructors practices what they preach. Imagine the frustration.

I'm continuing to lose weight at a steady pace and it is in line with my goal of being 320lbs by October 23rd. I was 340lbs as of my last weighing which brings me to a total weight loss of 190lbs since February of 2007. Through different experiments I've learned that I lose weight when I control my diet whether I work out or not. I'm still going to continue to go to the gym but on my days off when I'm at home, I'm going to ease up on the walking since its starting to get too cold to do it.

Speaking of the workout, I did ask a few ladies at the gym if they could guess my age. The average age of the guesses was 23, with no one guessing higher than 24. One lady thought I could have been 19 or 20. What a boost in confidence that was! Some people thought I was deluding myself by saying I was 25 again, but now I have proof that my claim isn't far from the mark.

Things are always looking up for me, and even when I hit a speed bump it doesn't always seem so bad after the fact. Thanks for reading!