Several little things, besides the arch sleeves, have contributed to my weight-loss effort, not the least of which is the fact that Wegman's didn't carry Perry's Bittersweet Sinphony this summer and now it seems P&C has also dropped it earlier than usual. I'll be finishing off the last of what I have this week and that will eliminate my biggest temptation down the stretch.

Of course going without Bittersweet Sinphony has been made much easier with the knowledge that a friend returned last week from Maine with a couple of jars of Velvet Fog fudge sauce from the Bath Sweet Shoppe. I can look forward to a little of that on some Häagen-Dazs coffee ice cream.

Another thing that I think made a difference, was getting over to the park in the mornings before there was an admission charge. Now we'll see; there's no longer a charge on weekdays. I don't want to change my routine too much because some weeks I'll be trying to get my sorry self to the Yoga-Pilates class at 8:00.