Oh my aching back

Have you ever had a hurt back? I broke mine about 18 years ago, my back and my hip, and ever since then I can hurt my back for no apparent reason. Take last night for example, I turned over in bed and I felt my back pull wrong. And now today my back hurts, not enough to stop me, just enough to remind me that it hurts. Of course it doesn't help that I don't weigh what I should, I'm a few pounds over weight, OK, a lot of pounds over weight. Maybe I should start running with my son-in-law, no that wouldn't work, he would run off and leave me and I would be left throwing rocks at him, or worse, passed out in the street with some dog biting me. I guess I need to be more diligent about going to the gym.
I have heard that you can eat to lose weight, I eat to lose weight but it always seem to find me. I have also heard to stop drinking soft drinks and you will lose weight, I stopped drinking soft drinks, no weight loss. Maybe if I stop eating chips and bread and potatoes and meat and carrots and peas and beans and food???
Anyway, I used to be thin, at least thinner, a lot thinner than now, but that was before I broke my back and hip. Let's see, can you help me think up a few more excuses. I think that it is really up to me to lose the weight that I want to lose. You know, "If it's to be, it's up to me!"
Anyway, think thin, think thin, think thin....where's the ice cream?