I have ointment to apply to a couple of itchies on my back so my doc can take a good look at them in a week or so.

To make it easier, yesterday I used a hand mirror and the wall mirror in my bathroom.

Yep. Back fat. Don't remember ever having gone that far!

I gained a lot of weight when the notorious Norm was with me for a few months last year. I lost a bit after the cruise with my mom, but it's back.

I didn't even care for a while. The New Age health pioneer Louise Hay said that addiction is connected to a deep feeling of futility.

Yup. I don't see ever having a reasonably healthy relationship in my life, am not doing anything with my music - what's the point in losing weight?

I had a talk with myself and realized that "I am enough" - that no matter how blah and goalless things look now, that my own life is enough reason to get well, literally.

Thanks for lending an ear.