Who says dart players aren’t athletes?  I did the math and I can prove what a physically demanding game darts truly is.  For example, I played in a round robin format event on Saturday with 8 other players.  That means I played each player three games (legs).  That’s a total of 24 legs.  Now the throw line (oche) is 5′ 8″ from the dart board.  Each turn (throw) consists of three darts.  So after every throw you walk from the oche to the dart board and back, a distance of approximately 12 feet.  It’s actually more, because you don’t walk directly back to the oche, you move behind your opponent while s/he thows.  And usually you walk ever farther, because normally between throws you go back to the table area for a swallow of beer (aiming fluid).  So, it’s fair to say the distance traveled for each throw is around 20 feet.

Now, I’m an average (at best) darter.  And I reckon it takes me 30 darts to finish a leg (sometimes less, sometimes more).  So, that’s 10 trips to and from the dart board, or 200 feet.  That means each 3 leg match equals 600 feet of walking.  What with warmups and trips to the restroom to recycle the aiming fluid, I walked over a mile during Saturday’s round robin.

But wait, there’s more!  I played in a blind draw Saturday night (although I only lasted 9 legs before being eliminated).  And on Sunday I played another 27 legs in the ASS (Aiken Singles Series) league.  That’s a lot of walking!  Come to think of it, maybe that’s why they call each game a leg!  Hell, Johnny Cash even wrote a song about it.

Anyway, the above is a round about way of getting to this week’s progress report on my LCHF diet adventure.  Other than darts, I’m really not managing much exercise.  I am sticking pretty close to the dietary requirements without being fanatical about it.  I have small helpings of fruit and berries occasionally and on Saturday I had a few fries because I was hungry and there were no other readily available options. But no bread, no starches, no sugary sweets.  I dearly do miss them.
And so I was very pleased when my scale reported my weight as 253 pounds.  That’s an incredible FOUR pound drop from last week!  Overall I’m down 25 and a half pounds since February 19.  It’s good to see that the self-sacrifice is showing some results.  Now, I’m not sure where the weight is coming from.  My girth is at 47″, just a half-inch reduction from last week and 4 1/2 inches overall.  Still, my pants are riding higher these days, and that’s a much more comfortable fit.

Onward and downward!