Steve's x-Country Weight Loss

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My recall is not as sharp as yours so I went back to the source to

refresh my poor memory - that is the reason I gave the weight loss as

a range from 90 to 100#. Here is an edited copy of that source:

" By J. Harry

UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

May 10, 2006

NEW YORK - It was 11:39 a.m. yesterday when Steve Vaught crested a

hill in Lodi, N.J., and saw for the first time the skyline of his

long-sought destination.

Six hours later, with a throng of media types surrounding him, Vaught

reached midspan of the Washington bridge over the Hudson River

and officially ended his 13-month trek across the United States.

.....

He now weighs about 300 pounds, down from more than 400. He said he

believes he has begun to come to grips with the issues that led to

the weight gain in the first place.

..... "

I think I agree with you when you say he only got below 300# while in

LA with the Trainer, the starving part I know nothing about.

>

> --- In thefatmanwalking_group , " Ed Frey " <edlfrey@>

>

>

> > As an aside, those steps or 912 miles resulted in a weight loss

of

> > 17.5# with little or no change in my eating habits. That means I

lost

> > about 1# for every 50 miles walked. If you use that same rate of

lose

> > for Steve's walk he would have only lost some 60# vs the 90-100#

that

> > he did. This tells me, if not his critics, that he was in fact

> > working on diet as well as exercise in his journey across the US.

>

> If I recall, he started around 380 and ended well above 300. I

think

> he got down under 300 only for a short period, during which he

wasn't

> walking, but was starving himself and working out in L.A.