Same to the DNotes team and the entire community.
2018, for me, is going to be a year of personal transformation. First up, winning my bet at healthywage.com. I signed up to lose 20% of my body weight, and attached enough financial incentive to the goal that it will really hurt if I don't get there.
Here's to a great start to that and everyone else's 2018 goals for personal and professional betterment.
It always makes me happy to hear that someone I like hearing from is taking action to improve their odds of being on the planet longer and participating in it more. (I'm assuming that you have objective information that this is excess weight).
I really like it that you've found a way to gamify and enjoy the process. So I'm wishing you more than success with this venture, I'm hoping it brings lots of fun as well.