Interested in gout

There have been several posts recently and perhaps some have had
their feelings hurt. About that I am not sorry if it ends up helping
someone else get rid of gout.
But that is not really the subject I have been thinking about all
day. You know, the old saying about the reformed sinner is really
hard to take and all that...
Well, I am trying to reform my life, that is, I am trying to reclaim
some semblance of my former shape and now that I am not wracked every
other week with pain from gout, I think I may actually have a chance
at doing it.
I know from statistics and I know from the posts on here that most of
us here, Arnold excepted, are over weight and we indulge in things
that we know are harmful to us long term.
The fact is that even though we know that long term it will hurt us,
we do it anyway.
Why?
I'M NOT ABOUT TO TRY TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPARK
SOME KIND OF INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF US.
To those of you who know you need to lose weight and who want to try
it, lets set a target, set the time and lets see how many of us make
it. I weighed in today at 219 lbs and my target is 190 lbs. That is
30 pounds and I plan to lose it at the rate of a pound a week.
30 weeks, that's about 8 months so since its May, I should be well on
my way by January 1 of next year. I'll be happy if I can tip the
scales at under 195 by then.
Don't knowwhy, really, but some of us need some kind of reward and I
guess you will haved to set your own reward. However, losing the
weight will, in reality, be its own reward.
And by the way, I am really hungry right now.....damnit....