{Bliss} and {Closer}

"Bliss"

What's that?

"Closer"

My jeans tell me that I am closer. Closer to my goal. My goal used to be a weight...a number. Now it is that certain pair of jeans that I really like and just want to be able to wear comfortably. I don't even know their number, to tell you the truth.

One of the frustrating things about aging that I am experiencing right now is this weight business. I've never been svelte. "Curvy" is the nice word my husband uses. In the last six months, I have fairly suddenly put on 10 pounds with no great change in my eating or non-excercising habits. My girlfriend and I were commiserating about weight and she described how she had recently learned that one of the best ways to get at your inner layer of belly fat might simply be to quit eating after 7 pm and let your own body go after it's fat reserves. So we made a pact to try it together. No one is expecting quick results...this is a three-month effort to drop ten pounds or so.