Feeling a little less fat

Hi Genevieve,

I put the word 'fat' in the title in hopes that it might attract a search engine and put us in touch with other people trying to lose weight.

Anyway, I have really enjoyed reading your posts and appreciate your honesty. What you wrote about raiding the kitchen while you're babysitting reminded me of how I was when I was about your age. When I was babysitting, I would go to the kitchen after the kids were asleep. And I'd take food in a way designed to make sure the parents didn't notice it was gone. For example, I'd only choose things they had a lot of and I'd reshape the food packages so that they still looked full. It was weirdly sneaky considering I was always told that I was welcome to whatever was there. I just think food and eating have always had an element of secrecy for me.

I've been doing ok on our plan - eating the salad and apple and drinking the four glasses of water a day. I plan to exercise tomorrow, Thursday and Friday to meet our three-times-a-week agreement. I like this modest plan because it makes me feel successful, although I certainly have not been perfect. I had a candy bar yesterday and some pretzels and cookies today. But not mass quantities, which is an improvement.

I've been aware of how much more I eat than my friends do. I had dinner out twice with friends and each time I stopped eating when they did and asked for the rest of my dinner to be packed up. And I just at the rest of the food when I got home.

It's been good to watch how I am about food these past few days. But mostly I like being in touch with you every day. Talk to you tomorrow........Aunt Sue