I have read all the articles and have learned much, but it still all seems to come down to the same thing. There are no short cuts in losing weight and it will be a life long commitment. I just need to wrap my head around the fact that if I eat cookies I am choosing to be fat and my weight is nobodys fault but my own.

On a different topic: I want gills too. Every time I swim I dream of not having to turn my head to breath. That is why I like the drill of pulling 300 yards and breathing every three strokes on the first 50 every five strokes on the second 50 and every seven strokes on the thrid 50 and repeat. When you only breath every fifth stroke you get accross the pool much faster, but every seven strokes is hard.