Well, I did my first dive in a drysuit in over a year this morning! It was actually a bit of a checkout dive (I didn't take a camera), not only because it had been so long, but because I had a kidney transplant 10 months ago (the new kidney is doing great BTW!), and I've lost 50 pounds since then! The silver lining of taking 70 pills a day for months on end and feeling nauseated much of the time is that it's a GREAT diet regimen!
Don't worry though - I weighed 280 before and at 230 now (I'm 6'5"), I'm in no danger of wasting away.
Anyway, my point is that for my dive this morning I was able to drop
12 pounds(!) of lead (compared to the last time I dove in this drysuit)!
So if you're feeling like that weight belt is just too damned heavy, either get a kidney transplant (
), or change your eating habits. For example, you might try having
light beer with those tacos!
Wanna drop some weights? Drop some weight!
), or change your eating habits. For example, you might try having light beer with those tacos! 
Will skip the organ transplant however, no matter how enticing that sounds... 
