
Today marks my 36th anniversary on this planet and is a big reason that I'm Pounding Poverty. I was keenly aware that I'd hit the back stretch toward 70 this year when making the decision in late 2013 to pursue this weight loss. My adult life has been a string of rationalizations for poor health habits that relied on youth for validity and was being rapidly backed into a corner. It's a little hard to say, "I'll do that next...