life-style adjustments

i haven't been able to get into 32" jeans since sometime last century --- but i can now --- all well and good if i can avoid being like the poor anorexic woman that walks peachtree eating packets of splenda, which i think i can manage since there are much better diet changes than artificial sweeteners

i am disappointed however: weight loss and exercise has been great for blood pressure; for cholesterol, not so much --- doc really wants me back on the statins ---