EATING

She liked to eat - but she ate 

too much. She knew that.

She could feel the weight

on her butt - but that

didn’t stop her. She felt the

pressure on her knees. That

didn’t stop her either.

She began spotting articles

about weight loss and eating

smart - but that brought guilt

and comparisons which

made her eat even more.

If she heard it once, she

heard it twenty times: “It’s

not what you eat; it’s

what’s eating you.” And

every time she laughed

at that one - saying,

“It’s what you eat!” 

Then she met someone

and she took off 38 pounds.

Then she had a t-shirt made

with the words, “It’s not what

you eat, but whom you meet!”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2012