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I love dinosaurs - and Sedona.(Photo: Courtesy of Theresa Gotter)

When I decide to diet, I rally a couple offriends to do it with me, to sign up for Weight Watchers or swear allegiance to Atkins.

Misery loves company, after all.

This time, I went solo. (Not by choice;I started a 21-day cleanse with a guy I was dating. He dumped me on Day 19.)

I wrote about it, lamenting that Id put on a few pounds in the first couple of months of quarantine, promising to stick with this diet, even by myself.

You wrote back, congratulating me on losing almost 30 pounds, telling me about your journeys to get healthy, too, and offering advice,most of it helpful.

Brian Rea wrote he was glad I recognized the importance of sleep. (Too little sleep screws with your metabolism.)

Stephanie Taylor is down 13 pounds from eating right, power walking and yoga on Saturday mornings.

Mike Urlich wrote, As someone who has struggled most of his adult life, I am aware of how hard it is to lose weight (and harder still to keep it off).You are an inspiration to me!

Six-year-old Audie is happy to go along for the ride on the back of my float.(Photo: Courtesy of Sawyer Bland)

Ok, spill it, sister, Stephanie Small wrote. She wanted to know what cleanse I did.(I cant promote one plan over another.Google 21-day cleanse," and youll find it.)

The cleanse got me started. Im eating lean protein, vegetables and fruit and avoiding sugar. (Oh, Ben & Jerrys, how I miss you.)

Sharon Martin has put on 10 pounds since her gym closed, so shes going to try it.

I know I should do something, but I am terribly lazy when it comes to diet, she wrote. I just want to wake up thin. (Dont we all?)

I need this! Laura Meddaugh wrote. I have the Covid curves, and they have to go!

Well do it together.

P.S.: Joe Hutchinson suggested I try Ben & Jerrys Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake, swearing its delectable. Now its all I can think about.

Reach Karina Bland at karina.bland@arizonarepublic.com. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter @KarinaBland.

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