A couple years ago, I lost fifty pounds after reading "Intuitive Eating", can't remember the authors' names, it's two dieticians. The approach is, you eat what you want, when you want, as much as you want - but the trick is, you pay careful attention to cues from your body as to each of those. Eating when you are a little hungry rather than waiting until you are ready to gnaw a limb off, and then you stop when you first begin to feel satisfied rather than continue face-stuffing until full.

I got tripped up after my doctor was soooooo congratulatory. It felt like such a slap in the face. Decades of following whatever diet crossed my path, hoping to earn the priviledge of being thin, only to get fatter and fatter; then I quit dieting and start losing serious weight? Yeah, no. Cause and effect have come untethered, and I am ill-prepared to face such an illogical world. Also since there is no chance I will get my turn to be young and pretty and skinny, there is also no chance I can treat this body with the care and respect it requires to practice mindful eating.

WindSparrow, I've read that - it's a great book. Another good one is Health at Every Size.

Andi, is it okay if I respond to something in your whitefont, or would you prefer I don't? I 100% understand if this is something you are through discussing/thinking about.

Health at Every Size.

HAES rocks my socks. It makes so much sense. t edit Of course, I say that as someone who *also* needs to get off the couch and start training for the 5K in April. My current excuse is this fucking sinus infection, which is making me feel legit like a wrung-out washcloth. But I'm halfway through the antibiotics, so I expect to start feeling better soon, and then it's back to the track with entertaining podcats.

Threepeat:

Am I jaded when my response to Tim texting to say "I missed gunshots at the corner [where he works] because I was driving the truck" is "Oh, Northside."?

I feel like I should be more worried. But really, Oh, Northside. Love this neighborhood, but it has so many problems.

I'd like some podcats. Do they grow well in the shade?

Teppy, I mostly white-fonted so people wouldn't have to be exposed to that ugliness if they did not choose to. It's not verboten if you want to talk about it.

I'd like some podcats. Do they grow well in the shade?

I'm totally leaving that typo. They're Invasion of the Body Snatchers cats.

Some of us recognize that "ugliness", Andi. At least I do.

And I neglected to wish you a Happy Birthday, so let me prolong the celebration a little and wish you Happy Belated Birthday.

I'm back to seriously thinking about a tattoo again. I keep coming back to this: [link]

I'm also looking at script fonts. At some point I probably should get more work done.