Today got off to a great start. We had breakfast with my son and his girlfriend. Later I had coffee with a friend. Everything was going great until I made a humungous mistake. I stepped on the scale. 186 pounds!That is about 30 pounds more than I should or want to weigh. The other night on one of the educational channels there was a program about a facility in Ohio that worked with the morbidly obese. At the rate I am going, I will probably be checked in there within a few years. Also, I looked at a blog this afternoon that had a section on "fat Friday" which was a collection of overweight people. Again, at the rate I am going, my picture will probably appear on his blog. This summer I have my 50th class reunion. I have to lose some weight before I go. I haven't seen any of my former classmates in years. I certainly don't want them to see me this heavy. They'll probably make comments like "Where do you buy your clothes? At a tent and awning store?" or "I'll bet when you step on the scale, instead of giving your weight, it says 'One at a time, please.'" All of this is my own fault. I have been eating everything in sight for some time. Tomorrow, I am going to start eating responsibly. I don't expect to lose all the weight in a month, but I do intend to be on the downward trail. I remember years ago I had a friend who gave me a check for $100 and said if he ever smoked a cigarette again, I was to send it to the Republican Party as a contribution. I should do the same thing only with eating improperly. Just the thought of giving any money to the Bush Admnistration would make me eat properly. Hopefully, tomorrow I'll be able to report that I had a good day exercising and at the food trough.