[Vermont Lt]

I remember doing a presentation at a conference in Opryland. I was sitting in one of the lobbies with my wife and people watching.

I told here there were not many places in the world where my 6 ft 260 pound body would not be one of the largest in the room.

Opryland was one of those places.

That was 20 pounds ago. And I still have a ways to go.

We are not a healthy country.

[Black Agnes]

That’s why the flubro comparisons with Iceland and Sweden are a farce.

We’re closer to New Orleans in most of the country.

And we love our food.

[Myrddin]

Looking back, at age 12 I had just grown 13 inches in a year. 6 ft 3/8" and 113 lbs. My parents had trouble keeping up with my growth that year. Size 6 shoes to 10EE in a year.

My highest weight reached 218 in 2003. Down to 150.5 this morning. Target is to track to 146 lbs. The objective is to limit stress on my joints due to rheumatoid arthritis. My blood tests have been perfect with the exception of a slightly elevated beta HCG that I watch due to being one of two markers for my cancer in 1985.