I’M OFFICIALLY OVERWEIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now how many people would be excited to say that??? According to the site: BMI Calculator as of today, I am officially OVERWEIGHT and NOT OBESE!!!! My BMI is 29.9 (down from 39.5!). Wow, this makes me SO happy! It also means that I have less than 30 lbs to lose to be a normal weight.
So, even though we are in the land of lotsoffood….and large portions and we are continuing on our journey back to the West Coast seeing many friends who are cooking for us; I am still losing weight because I eat such small portions. This works for me! My biggest challenge is trying to deflect attention away from my well-intentioned hosts about how little I am eating and that “yes, I do love what you cooked, honest!” So far, I’ve been able to pull it off and in fact, I don’t think I’ve even thrown up since we’ve been back in the U.S. so I’m feeling quite normal these days. (Except for my BM’s….I’m still on the 4 or 5 day poop plan….).

Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson
This past week we drove from DC to Charlottesville, Jamestown and then down into Savannah, GA. We had lunch with an old friend we hadn’t seen in a while who lives in Charlottesville (where we toured Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello). When I walked in the door she immediately showered me with compliments, and followed up with this email:
Just got home and I was going to write to you to say I couldn’t let another moment of this crazy day go by without telling you I really meant it when I said you looked drop dead gorgeous. To that, I would add: beautiful, sexy, warm (as always) luscious, and delicious! Whatever you are doing is good for you; you looked about 30 to me…. I hope you feel as good as you look.
I wrote back and told her that was the nicest compliment I have EVER received in my life….in fact, I may frame it!!!!