I admit my method might sound strange. I've been fighting my weight for the last 20 years-every kind of diet-every sort of deprevation-wallowing in guilt while I hide in the bathroom to eat a candy bar.

Eough! I binge maybe once a week or every two weeks but I've given myself permission to stop mentally flogging myself everytime I want to eat something good. So for right now-I'm basically eating what I want. No guilt, no shame, no wallowing in self pity. Funy thing is that most of what I crave is also good for you. I love fruits and veggies-chicken (not fried!)beans and rice and salads. But I also love my chocolate and pink snowballs and nachos.

So I'm okay with me right now. Always try to look nice when I go out and keep my appearance up. And you never know! There are a lot of guys out there who like women of my size. So I smile at them all. And you know what? Most of them smile right back at me.