Let’s just make this public, OK; no secrets among ourselves here on 43things, right? I just stepped off the scales wearing my sweat-soaked running shorts and t-shirt, no shoes, and the numbers read: 305.5

At a pound a week, I could get below 300 before Hallowe’en, and then into the 280’s by Christmas. That’d be a great goal and a manageable time frame.

Intake: oatmeal in the mornings; no chips; no cheese; skimmed milk (2% milk tastes like cream!); 2 pints of beer a week max. Maybe more of the “scotch broth” oat stew.

Exercise: start the “couch to 5K” plan training plan for aerobics; push around some iron every other day for muscle tone.