171.0 - Encounter with a Skinny

171.0 That's a number I haven't seen for several years.

Ran into an old friend I hadn't seen for six months who'd lost 50 pounds - WOW was about all I could say. There's no religious experience that builds converts like a newly skinny friend. Could not make it home without purchasing his magic book, despite having over a dozen diet books at hand. Not that that is really so bad other than it being embarrassing to have 2 feet of book space devoted to a holy grail still beyond reach. Bought it for my husband who is already cheating after a week on SugarBusters. He tells me I don't appreciate how hard it is for diabetics to lose weight. He's right; the introduction to The Skinny is worth reading, even if you don't care to try that diet. Dr. Aronne is the first writer I have seen who really conveys how difficult dieting is and how it is not lose of willpower that does most of us in. Now to find time to read it.

Day 10.