Hi Nancy,

(Smiling because of your little dogs)

The weight watchers on line sounds really good.

I admire you for losing 23 pounds. Well done!!!!!

I can't bear to weigh myself any more. I get totally obsessed and then terrified that I'm going to gain it back... so then I'm on the scale every hour (or more), so I have to avoid that whole downward spiral.

I started walking around my garden, really minimal exercise, and I've lost more than ten inches from around my waist... and, I no longer have to measure my "waist" right under my bust line in order to have a place where the measuring tape will go around me.

Yes, it was a totally horrifying situation.

And yes, it does affect health.

But when you can barely move... well, what are our poor bodies supposed to do? Mine just put on weight... sort of like some people play crosswords...

I have another 13 or so inches to go...

I try to measure once a month... that way the results tend to be consistently encouraging...

but in between I'm often beset by fear....

Well, thanks for the post.

And for the smile from your little dogs.