So, while the Kindle version and the retailer paperback still have a release date of 9/2, the paperback on Amazon is now available and LIVE. I'd love for you all to grab a copy and tell me here how you like it... https://www.amazon.com/Put-Down-Stress-Resentment-Weight/dp/B0HF6RVBDW

I am at 212.2 pounds this morning I was 275 pounds on January 1st You know what this means?? 4.2 more pounds and I will only be “overweight” BMI is bullshit … do not go by BMI … and do not let your doctors use it either

If you follow me on Substack you know that I write fiction under the name “J.C. DeSario” at theCrookedLight.substack.com. I just started publishing some of these as Kindle books and the first one just went live, if interested. Punta Seco doesn’t make most maps. The ones that do spell it wrong. FLORIDA STORIES: THE LORETTA FAYE SERIES is live on Kindle. 99 cents, limited time. A bait shop. A manatee named Gerald. A widow who tells the truth whether you want it or not. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HG6D64YP

I don't love asking people for things. Ask Kim. I'd rather do the dishes than ask a favor. But I'm doing it anyway. If this group has done anything for you, if watching a bunch of people over 50 lift, show up, and not quit has moved something for you, even a little, I am asking this one thing. If you've read Not Done Yet, or you've been meaning to, here's the nudge. Share it. Text it to that person at your gym who keeps saying they are too old to gain muscle. Put it in front of whoever in your life thinks 60 is when things start ending instead of when they can start again. Marketing myself is not a strength, so I depend on readers to help me in this way. This group is free, so here is a way to help pay it forward. If you haven't bought it, you can get it via Kindle Unlimited for free, or the Kindle itself is only $2.99. That's not a huge amount. The paperback is also there, and if you prefer listening, the Audible is there too. I came back to training at 60 with a body that had been fighting psoriatic arthritis since I was 48. I'm not telling you that to impress anyone. I'm telling you because if it worked for me, banged up and stubborn as I am, it's got a decent shot of working for somebody you know. This group grows by word of mouth, or it doesn't grow at all. There's no ad budget behind it. There's just people telling other people the truth about what they found here. So tell them. Gus and I will be around either way, but I'd rather not be around alone.

I didn't wake up one day at 60 and decide to become "the guy who lifts weights". That's not how it went. I had psoriatic arthritis flaring up, a body that felt ten years older than it was, and a long stretch where I'd basically written off the idea of getting strong again. What got me back in was smaller than that. It was one bad morning where I couldn't get off the floor without using the couch as a ladder. Gus just stood there watching me struggle like he does when he wants breakfast. Kim didn't say anything, but I saw her see it. That was enough. I've noticed most people in this group didn't start because of some big plan either. Somebody's doctor said a word they didn't like. Somebody's grandkid asked why "Grandpa walks funny". Somebody just got tired of being tired. I'm curious what it was for you. Not the workout plan, not the diet, the actual moment. The thing that made you stop scrolling past the idea and start doing something about it. Doesn't have to be dramatic. Sometimes it's a bad morning with the dog watching. Sometimes it's smaller than that. Drop it below. I read every one of these.