Thanks to help from Tashi I went from 280something in April to now around 263 and dropping. I ran out of money to continue my ketogenic diet though, so until things settle over here I'm having (small) servings as pasta for dinner.
Ever since I got here to 'coova I've basically been drinking 2 gallons of water a day. Not even powdered Gatorade anymore. Thankfully, I didn't have the drinking-another-distant-city's-water problem.
It probably also helps I went from something like 1,000ft elevation to 0-200 feet elevation, it's like overdrive for my lungs.
I'm from Nebraska, your chance of a water landing in a plane here is less than the chance Reach will ever get TU 1.2.