The first of the year...

I hope the holidays treated you well. I have been surprised at the number of people who have come up to me and wished me well in my challenge! Thank you for all your support.

I received the bloodwork back from the doctor. As I knew, bad cholesterol is high, good cholesterol is high..do they cancel each other out? I'll get the numbers here soon.

I tried to watch what I ate over the holidays. And now through the first week of January, I have been attempting to keep portions under control. I have been trying to drink more water. I have been bicycling in my basement.

While I have had many people comment on this effort and I feel support from the community, getting healthy, losing weight, controlling one's eating...it all seems to be such an individual effort. I do have some friends ready to play racquetball, so I hope to schedule that this week. I use to play basketball some mornings, but a foot injury...I think they call it a "pump bump"...took me off the court. I do have support from my family and my wife, Kitt, is a nibbler. We both have had issues of commenting on other's eating habits; I bet we have heard that from our parents. That can have the opposite effects, especially with children.

We're meeting today as a group, the four challenged men!

Stay tuned...