As I muddle around, trying to get back in sync from the long weekend -- of which I took every advantage -- here's an email from Eileen that came in last Friday that I was really pleased to receive. ~~~ I just wanted to let you know that you are certainly changing (saving?) lives with your blog. I forget how I found Free The Animal, but it was shortly after I started my New Year's resolution to drop the 20 lbs I'd gained in the past 18 months. I had the idea that I was going to Zone because it had helped me lose weight in the past, although I remember quitting because it was a hassle to weigh and measure every bite of food (and quite frankly, I was starving on 12 blocks/day). Anyway, finding your blog coincided nicely with my Zone procrastination so I decided to follow your recommendations instead. January 1st, I weighed 145 lbs and a week ago, 125 lbs. The best part of that is that much of the weight lost was this big spare tire of fat around my waist and no starving. Also thanks to you/your blog, I began to supplement Vit D...