Thanks for your warm wishes. We've both had our leases on life extended so we'll be OK to pay tax for a while longer.
My guy has also put on weight since his radiation and anti-testosterone. He tries to eat well, but consumes more carbs than he should to lose weight. Enjoy your meat this holiday. Avoid the potatoes, white and sweet, and the desserts. Enjoy the cooked greens with butter, and the raw greens with low carb dressing. Several dressings have 1 or 2 carbs per 2 tablespoons. Others like Thousand Island are 4 grams of carbs or higher. He also used to pig out on barbaque sauce with 12 or 14 grams carbs per 2 tbs. On several occasions I have decided to get serious about weight loss. By limiting my diet to no more than 20 grams of carbs a day I have achieved the desired weight reduction. Of course, then I get a bit careless and the weight drifts back up, but the low carb diet does work when I apply it.