I fucking quit...

[brewer]

In this case everybody likes a quitter.

Congratulations!

[Whateverist]

Yep yep yep.  My allergies have been less troublesome, and I have not had so much as a cold in a year.  I used to get upper respiratory infections at least 2-3 times a year.

Between this and dieting, I can take the stairs at the office without issue.

Good for you.  I have to admit I'm in maintenance mode weight wise.  I think maybe this fall or winter I'll gear up to shed some more pounds but for now I'm just straddling 200 and feeling pretty good about it.  My blown out knee seems to have finally sorted itself out.  Yesterday we hiked 3.5 miles with a lot of up and down without a glitch and no pain or swelling after.  If I can get back to doing long brisk walks regularly it will become much easier to lose weight.

[Angrboda]

Congratulations on your anniversary, CD.

[Jackalope]

Yep yep yep.  My allergies have been less troublesome, and I have not had so much as a cold in a year.  I used to get upper respiratory infections at least 2-3 times a year.

Between this and dieting, I can take the stairs at the office without issue.

Good for you.  I have to admit I'm in maintenance mode weight wise.  I think maybe this fall or winter I'll gear up to shed some more pounds but for now I'm just straddling 200 and feeling pretty good about it.  My blown out knee seems to have finally sorted itself out.  Yesterday we hiked 3.5 miles with a lot of up and down without a glitch and no pain or swelling after.  If I can get back to doing long brisk walks regularly it will become much easier to lose weight.

I'd be thrilled to be straddling 200. That's probably a year away at least. For starters I would be happy to get back to the weight I was before I started having all the health issues. So far I've lost 21 lbs, which has made quite a difference in my mobility and comfort. I just started my medium-term goal of losing at least 35 lbs in six months, and sneaky me is going to accomplish that by cutting calories enough to lose 50 in the same period of time.

I "hiked" three miles this morning on a forested trail we have here in town. I say "hiked" because it's paved. That's a pretty big milestone for me. I used to be an avid hiker and backpacker but my health issues have made that difficult. I think I can do that now, and if I get down to my 2011 weight, I'll be able to resume my diving career.

[downbeatplumb]

I caught flu and couldn't smoke for two weeks. After those weeks I figured it was out of system and that would be a good time to stop completely. It coincided with the birth of my eldest and a really cold winter (I was made to smoke outside, so that probably helped too). That was in 1997

[Whateverist]

Tell you what, when you get down to 200 or close enough to be feeling strong and mobile (assuming my knee continues to function), how about I meet you here for a car camp and hike?  Maybe open it up to anyone able to come?

https://youtu.be/yAzEZmPCGlQ

[Edwardo Piet]

I caught flu and couldn't smoke for two weeks. After those weeks I figured it was out of system and that would be a good time to stop completely. It coincided with the birth of my eldest and a really cold winter (I was made to smoke outside, so that probably helped too). That was in 1997

Something positive can come out of catching the flu? Who would have thunk it! Life is complicated.

[Jackalope]

Tell you what, when you get down to 200 or close enough to be feeling strong and mobile (assuming my knee continues to function), how about I meet you here for a car camp and hike?  Maybe open it up to anyone able to come?

https://youtu.be/yAzEZmPCGlQ

Oh hell, I know that park well. It's an excellent place for old farts to hike. Any time you come up, Kitty and I will be happy to come along.

[Jackalope]

I caught flu and couldn't smoke for two weeks. After those weeks I figured it was out of system and that would be a good time to stop completely. It coincided with the birth of my eldest and a really cold winter (I was made to smoke outside, so that probably helped too). That was in 1997

You are a stronger man than I. I didn't smoke for weeks after I got pneumonia, but still picked it back up again as soon as I recovered fully. That was just plain stupid weakness on my part.

[Whateverist]

Tell you what, when you get down to 200 or close enough to be feeling strong and mobile (assuming my knee continues to function), how about I meet you here for a car camp and hike?  Maybe open it up to anyone able to come?

https://youtu.be/yAzEZmPCGlQ

Oh hell, I know that park well.  It's an excellent place for old farts to hike.  Any time you come up, Kitty and I will be happy to come along.

I have an aunt in Ashland a sister north of Spokane that I owe visits to along with a couple of cyber gardening friends to see.  We'll definitely do it and would love to meet you and Kitty.  I've been thinking of renting one of those teardrop trailers for such a trip.  It'd be a blast.