I need to lose weight, I like competition, and I love to chat. So I thought this would be a great support to my efforts to get healthier. As usual, I began with enthusiastic effort. I ate better, exercized a bit, and faithfully bloged each week for 11 weeks. I lost 11 lbs, but felt like I was alone in my efforts and was talking to myself, so I gave up the blog, inertia kicked in, and I gained back my loss and then some. Upon our return from Hawaii in October I had risen from 182 to 200 lbs. Final weigh-in 198 lbs., a 2.6% gain.

I'm sorry that I was not more persistant, and stopped contributing to your blog. It is a noble effort, and I wish you all well in the battle of the bulge.