Pull Tight

Haven’t you lost weight? A few years ago I worked with a woman I will call Jane Doe. We would see each other every few months. Her standard greeting was, “Hi Terry, how have you been? Have you lost weight?” I hadn’t, but I always enjoyed the compliment. I did, however, notice that she greeted most of our other coworkers the same way. I came to refer to her as Jane Haven’t You Lost Weight Doe. If a few years ago, someone told me I would be happy to see my weight go below 200 lbs, I would have thought they were nuts. But, here I am down to 198 and feeling pretty good not to see 2__ on the scale. The last couple of years I have weighed in at about 205 – 210. When I mentioned losing some weight, people seemed surprised at how heavy I am (I have very good actors for friends). I am down from 210 in January and would like to get close to my High School weight of about 150. I have begun bicycling more intensely, joined a Gym (today) and cut out most bread and food with refined sugar

    I found this photo while looking for something else. John Meek was the orginal anglo settler in Paluxy. Maybe it was Pull Tight before it was Paluxy. My great great grandmother is 2nd from left in light colored blouse. Note the person behind John, it is one of the daughters, but she was in California when the photo was taken. The image is a portrait. I read that John Meek had 365 living descents at about this time. Guess they wouldn't all fit in the photo.