weight loss challenge - update 1

Here's where we are on the weight loss challenge:

• Me: was 182, now 180 (barely); goal under 175
• Dave C: was 210.1, now 206.9 (whoa!); 195
• John D: was 145, went to 147; goal 140

 NOT REPORTING NUMBERS

• The Excellent Wife (TEW) is on track.

Henry Murphy says he's developing a dependence on lentils that may require intervention. I've not heard from Lou or Ira.

One of the things that worked for me when I lost all that weight was the book Younger Next Year. It's an easy read, by a doctor and a guy who's done much of the stuff in it (mostly about losing weight and exercising, but also about not being a jerk or a creep as we age). It's from there that I got my three rules:

1. Don't eat crap;
2. Exercise hard six days a week;
3. Keep track of your progress.

 One of the things I didn't get from there, but which is working, is being around people who support a healthy lifestyle. I have the Freewheelers to thank for that, in part, but mostly I have TEW. I never would have lost the weight to start with were it not for her.