I am one of the golden oldies on this site and the following struck a chord:

"The normal pattern of human aging is that we find it easier to stay slim when we're young, and it gets harder as the decades pass ."


But there is one crucial difference. I now know why I was forever creeping upwards and why last November I had reached a lifetime high of 270 pounds. I now now what to do about it. + the when and how . Or at least the fundamentals anyhow.

So yes it is a hard slog and I do not do anything like the sports and exercise I did in my student days. Then it was go go go during the day and then drink beer beer beer in the evening as if it was going out of fashion.

I think my expectations are realistic and I am moving forward for the duration. Its a slow old business getting re-aquainted with ones metabolism. There is certainly no little Dr. Atkins inside me telling the fat cells what to do. However putting DANDR and PP on my head and walking around certainly helps my deportment.