Reading the specs on some of you folks pre-post-weightloss, I'm just one, sorry, bago'$h!+!!!
But...things are looking up...
Around the 29th of August, I decided to "cold-turkey" the "DEW" and start myself on a self-imposed weight-loss program.
Why?
At 5' 5" (± 0.5") and 297lbs. (digital scale, unfortunately...accurate), life was beginning to suck...and my knees weren't enjoying the daily pounding (pun...sorry!) of moving forward/backward/couch-ward on a day-to-day basis. And cutting out the item of my self-inflicted-style-of-demise was the logical first place to start...
And what was that method?
I quit drinking mass-quantities of alcohol (I MIGHT HAVE, maybe, one-two beers every other month or so...) back around the time of the '82 World Series, so my alternative "drink of choice" became the "DEW" of television/radio fame.
And it's proven to be JUST TOO MUCH SUGAR/HIGH-FRUCTOSE SYRUP for anyone to consume on anything that would resemble a normal day...let alone on a regular basis...
I can't even begin to tell you how much/day I was consuming...but water was a DISTANCE 2nd to it.
Now, since that wonderful day back in August, I've gone from 297#s, down to 244#s and it's all due to just switching from the "sirens' song of drink" to the regular tap-water I'm drinking in place of the sugar'd crap.
I've had some lemonade/Gatorade-style drinks during the earlier stage of time (used as a "weaning-agent") during the initial days of dumping the "DEW" from the daily intake. (Ashamedly, the "DEW" was, sometimes, the ONLY intake.)
A side-bar to the "de-DEWing?"
I've also lost the taste/craving for anything MickeyDs'-related (regardless whether it's the "King"/"Star"/"KFC" or whatever...).
When will I, eventually, hit the "Michaelangeloic-David-type" state?
Never...
But, staying away from the "DEW" (and its devil-spawned brethren) is a decent start...
(Did I just hear the sound of PEPSICO/YUM-branded stock tanking?) 
(Only my digital scale will know for sure!)
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