>>OTOH, I only need a moderate diet - to get off these six pounds I gained over the last three decades.
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>Six pounds in three decades -- good job! I plan to start exercising in earnest again when the snow melts but at the moment I am a slob.

I think it's the bicycle-as-transportation (and building the house) that kept me in shape. I used to drive bicycle all year, on rain snow and ice. Now telecommuting doesn't help that much :).

(note to Terry: I used "drive" instead of "ride" intentionally)