Shedding

 Animals shed. People don't shed; not even pounds. How many times do we encounter ads about doing various things to lose weight?  Do we really need to take the popular pill so that we can continue to stuff our mouths with ugly foods, I use the term loosely, that make us load on fat? No. Do we really need to take out gym memberships and either go there four times a week if not more, or only once? No. Do we really  need to pick a diet to follow and then give it up via boredom? No. Do we really need to go to a weight loss clinics for scary shots and pills and weighers and tape measures? No. Do we really need to talk non-stop over the cafe table with our pals and bore eavesdroopers? No. Do we really need to cry into our pillows at night when the party dress or pants won't fit? No. So what do we do, if you're so smart? Stop stuffing yourself with things that you know will make you fat and stop making excuses as to why you need to, and stop fretting over the bathroom scales. I found  the perfect way to lose weight and it was so easy  and unplanned that I didn't notice that I had lost weight until my jeans fell off, even after I did up the top button. How did that happen I wondered? You know that little angel that sits on your right shoulder? She told me something my mother of long ago used to say constantly. "Don't eat unless you are hungry. When you are eating, the moment you are no longer hungry, stop eating no matter how much is left on the plate." That's the "diet"! Most mothers force us to eat all that's on the plate but that's for little kids, not us. I am not hungry after my first cup of morning coffee with honey and a dash of cream. I am not hungry really, until early afternoon. Really. Strangley, I began prepping a nice mid day dinner about that time every day. It takes an hour or so to do a mini gourmet.  When I did sit down and eat a lovely, but small dinner, as soon as I was no longer hungry, I quit. In the evening now when I like a snack, I have a treat. That's all there is to it. Don't laugh. Try it. 

Someone told me that was fasting. Whatever it is it works but then, I am not even thinking about shedding. That's not for humans.