• Do remember another Churchill quote: "Action this day!"
• Do keep it simple. Eat well. Exercise properly. Make a plan, stick to it, measure progress. Sometimes the obvious thing to do is the right thing to do.
• Do acknowledge keeping good health is about something more than myself -- my family, my career, my education, my faith, using well what God has by his grace given me.
• Do give friends and family permission to help keep you strong.
• Do express thanks to those who've helped along the way...in no particular order, Dr. Irving Hwang at Franklin Farm Family Medicine, our trainer Tasha Cooper @ Gold's Gym Capitol Hill, our employers the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists whose 34,000 members are all about patient safety and personal wellness, Dr. Gupta and the CNN health team, my wife Christine and our always-encouraging sons, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society whose MS150 bike tour this May (my 10th) has proven a powerful motivator for me, and of course my colleague Donna Brighthaupt who got me into this.
• Don't stress about falling off the wagon. When I fall off the wagon, return to the first Do above.
• Don't be photographed eating!
• Don't expect results overnight. It took awhile to get in the condition I was in. It'll take awhile to get out of it.
• Don't consider my health "one more thing to do." If I do, I will drop it because I'm too busy. Rather, good health enables everything else important in my life, and should be prioritized accordingly.
• Don't forget how rotten I felt before, and how much better I feel now!

Thanks again for a fun ride.