Kennith Smitherman

Fitness Goals - Sorry for the late post. I have been fluctuating on my diet the last month, but according to the same high quality digital scale at my schools gym, today I weigh 173. I have found it extremely easy to keep my weight around 175. I believe in something called Set-Point Theory which basically argues that your metabolism adjusts to keep you at a comfortable weight, and that after extreme weight-loss your body keeps trying to burn, or if you cram like crazy then you hit a point where even eating few calories causes you to gain weight your body is just used to storing those calories. This could also explain why extremely overweight people have very slow starts then lose 9-15 lbs in one week. In the last two weeks I have drank a decent amount of beer, eaten out about one meal a day, and the rest on quick food, and in a month I have lost 2 lbs. I want to lose more though, and I will need to get back on track to do that. My goal from the beginning has been to weigh 170 or less by 12:00am January 1, 2008. I will need to lose 3lbs in 9 days to do that. I have no doubt I will exceed my goal, and I want to thank Jason for following my blog and providing me with the motivation to stay on track. I can't say how much that helps. Family and friends are actually discouraging me from losing more weight. Friends are saying I'm to small, and that I used to be big and intimidating. My mom thinks my face looks to thin, and I should gain weight.

Other Goals - I was thinking today about the top ten places or things I want to see, not including the 7 wonders, or popular tourist sights. So here are the top ten things I want to see before I turn 30 in no order.
1. "Scooter" Live in concert.
2. Europe
3. Obama's Inauguration.
4. Thailand
5. Hawaii
6. Yellowstone National Park
7. The troops come home from Iraq.
8. Two Degrees with my name on them.
9. Miami
10. Japan