What are your feelings about eating meat? – Of course I had to go look at last year’s answer to this same question from the daily prompt in my post called Meat Me and I see my opinion hasn’t changed.

I love all food, and I always ate what I wanted and how much I wanted. Well, that dynamic got it into a situation where I was about 30-40 lbs. overweight. I got that under control about 2 years ago if my memory is working this morning.

I lost that by adjusting the diet and cutting way back on sodas.

And I do something that many seem to recommend against. I weigh myself daily. I do it for the following reasons. It helps me keep focused and not get out of line to where I just let myself go. It’s like steering a car. Just keeping in my lane.

I don’t beat myself up if I gain a few pounds or get lower than what I think might be good. I try to keep a target weight of about 175 +- 5lbs. I make allowances for special events and holidays. For instance, this past weekend. And I just got on the scale and it’s showing 181. So, I’ll back off for a few days slowly and be right back in step.

Now that I have a pretty good record I have to start eating the right things more. I still snack to much on the wrong things. I’ve got to get more fruit and veggies. But there is no way I’m going to deny myself some treats once in a while or go vegan.

Of course, it’s smart to fit some exercise into the routine also. Exercise is what allowed me to eat whatever I wanted and as much as I wanted for decades. That all changed as my lifestyle did.

I admit it was nice going 4-5 decades and not giving food or drink a second thought. Now it’s just part of my daily routine to think about it because there are penalties for not thinking.

Be smart so you can take your son or daughter fishing.