Orchid: I sincerely admire you for posting that. And I think that all of us who have battled weight gain in our lives can relate to the difference in our public persona eating and our private eating.

I was never able to eat "that much" of anything, but boy, did I make poor choices. Many's the night I ate a bag of Cheetos for supper. And I ate often throughout the day.....telling myself, "Well, this is just a small snack." Well, guess what? 9 or 10 small snacks a day do add up.

Nope. I wasn't eating and exercising "normally" for my age and height. I was eating too damn much. I cannot claim insulin resistance or metabolic challenge or anything else. I'd love to embrace that, but in truth, I am, or was, a pig. Thank you for opening up this venue for honesty.


Kay