College Weight.

Well, there's little to report.

Except that I'm back to my college weight of 135.

Give or take 1/2 a pound.

I'm 135.2 pounds, as of this morning.

And I've been that for about a week.

I've had a cold and so haven't been able to exercise.

And I seem to be at around 2250 calories.

So it seems with little exercise but walking, I could maintain this weight at this number of calories. Which is all you need to know.

My 30 inch waist pants are now loose. I can fit comfortably into a 29" pair of jeans. It's a bit snug to tuck in a shirt, but after a bit more running and burning off more fat, that may not be the case.

Still, it's remarkable to think that I can buy a pair of pants because the old ones don't fit and two months later need more pants.

But I think keeping 29" and 30" pants is reasonable. In case 135# is some kind of fluke or acccident of nature.

I'm not keen on weighing exactly this much. I'd like more muscle, and that would involve weight more.

But there's still a bit of fat here or there.

I've gone from 20% body fat to around 13%, sometimes 12%, like during the days after a long run.

Yesterday I played tourist in San Francisco and thus (a) ate a ton and (b) walked a ton.

I ate:

• one Italian pastry in North beach,
• three dim sum in Chinatown,
• two cookies from a Chinese bakery,
• a couple of rolls from a bakery in the Inner Sunset,
• a pork taco with guacamole and corn chips,
• an agua fresca (strawberry),
• a small dish of ice cream.

Oh yeah. I think I managed to eat a piece of fruit in there somewhere.

The point is: I was being a tourist. There was lovely food around. I had some very rich things. I ate small portions. I didn't deprive myself. I walked a LOT.

And today I weigh the same as the day before. So no harm done.

Now if my cold would go away, I could get back to exercising.

--E. R. O'Neill