I had a great day yesterday throwing darts in the ASS.  Aiken Singles Series Dart League finals that is.  The top six finishers in league play met at the VFW in Aiken, SC to determine a champion and your humble blog host was among them.  The format was a round robin (each of the six played each other 3 games of 501) and then the top 4 finishers would advance to the championship round.  I took 9 of 15 legs in the semis which was good enough to move on.

In the championship round each player faced off in full 9 game matches–a total of 27 games each–and the top two finishers would earn some dough.  I went 4-5 against my first opponent, 3-6 against my second, but finished 7-2 against the third.  And through the wonder of mathematics (the guy who beat me 6-3 lost to the guy I beat by a wider margin) that was good enough for the second place prize, a cool $100.00.

If you are keeping score that was 42 games of darts.  We started at 1:30 and finished at 8:30.  At the end it was more about endurance than skill.  And I know folks joke about the athletic qualities of darters; but standing, walking, throwing, and intensely competing over such an extended period of time is both physically and mentally demanding and quite exhausting.  Plus, I’m old and fat.

But not as fat as I once was!  18 weeks into the LCHF diet plan I’ve surpassed the halfway point in reaching my goal of losing 60 pounds.  The previous couple of weeks I seemed to have flatlined, so I began walking the treadmill to get the weight loss jump started again.  The payoff was a drop this week from 251 pounds to 246!  That makes a net loss 32.5 since February 19.  Color me pleased about that.  I also managed to whittle away some of my stubborn girth, cutting my middle down to 46.5″, 5″ smaller than I was when I started the diet.  My jeans are definitely riding higher these days!

Onward and downward.