It’s the body weight challenge here at Thistle Dew. Two of us are competing to lose weight — 10 pounds for your host and 11 for his worthy competitor — and two are trying gain a few pounds — vegetarian children who have been programmed to avoid junk food are hard to fatten up.
My goal is a more reasonable 180, while my challenger is going for 125. I think if I knock off the essentials like chocolate-covered espresso beans — 22o calories per handful, 110 from fat — I stand a chance.
A Benjamin hangs in the balance for the senior staff: the lower division has a Jackson riding on their outcome.