CWelch,

'Tell you what, I'll support you in you effort to quite smoking, and hopefully you and the rest here can help me in my effort to loose weight. I'm 5'10" and about 198 pounds right now, which is a body mass index (BMI) of 28.4. According to this site:

http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm

I am overweight. I want to get back down to my high school swimming weight, which was 167 pounds. But I need your and the rest here support for my efforts. Smoking is only one risk factor; overweight is another for health problems. Thanks for hearing me on this.

John