Joe and Ray go on diets!

Both my husband and our son are tall - both over six feet.  And both of them used to be quite slim and trim. That was then.  But not now.   When we spent five days with our son and his family at their vacation home a few weeks ago, they apparently decided that enough is enough.  (No, I didn't photograph their large bellies in the swimming pool.)  Joe told me that he weighed about 230 and that Ray weighed about 235.  And that they were going to loose some of those pounds.  I cannot think of a more supportive weight-loss companion than an immediate family member. I'm cheering them on.

Now Ray has notes for us that he's lost 10 pounds.  That's something like 4% (or a bit more) of his starting weight - - so keep up the good work.

But Joe?  He has always been reticent about precision, so I'll probably never know just how much weight he's lost.  Shall I just have to look at his belly more closely?  He has told me that he's using a new hole on his belt, so if he's tightening his belt, doesn't that indicate something positive is happening.

One thing that Joe has been doing in the past few months is walking to early morning "old guys" get-together. They meet early in the morning at a McDonald's that is almost exactly 1.5 miles away.  Sometimes he gets a ride home; sometimes he walks home; and sometimes he goes with a friend to another fast-food joint.  So long as he just drinks the coffee, the diet will be happy.

When I can scan some older photos of these men when they were slim(mer), I'll post them. ~~~ AND I FOUND SOME!  From not too long ago ~~~

This photo of Joe  was taken when we visited Paris in June 2007.  Looks pretty good, n'est pas?

And Ray, in Manhattan, in 2004