Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for May 19, 2018

You go, girl!

I stick to being a teetotaler no alcohol.

I’ll be having bacon, lettuce, chicken, and avocado with my lettuce. So go look elsewhere if you want to see someone who eats lettuce being sad.

I disagree, Auntie. My whole childhood was about people starting all conversations with “So, how much weight have you lost?”

Actually, a woman I worked with left the job and came back 3 years later at least 100 pounds lighter. She told me about this “low carb” diet that got her to her goal weight. I nodded politely and left thinking, “wow that sounds like torture!” Fast forward 5 years later and I ballooned to my largest weight. I slightly remembered that conversation I had with her and Googled it. Atkins came up. I did some reading, joined a few message boards then decided to dive in. Less than a year later I too was at my goal weight and kept it off for years before I abandoned the diet and am struggling to get back on it again. So the point? Sometimes when someone goes on and one about their diet, it could actually plant a seed in another person’s mind for later and do some future good.

I’m having lettuce with my cheeseburger and fries Aunty.