Well, for decades I tried dieting and it didn't work. I couldn't keep it up for long enough, and when I'd start eating regularly again, well... the weight just came back. I figured I'd have to say goodbye to sweets and chips and biscuits and gravy forever. *gasp* I couldn't do it.

So I tried to make small changes I might be able to keep up with for the rest of my life, like drinking my coffee black and eating at least some fruit and veggies every day, but that hasn't producing much in the way of results.

I've been trying to get more exercise by walking every day, but it's been hit and miss. Sometimes I have no time, or the weather's bad, or I'm just too tired to move when I don't have to.

I'm starting to look like my Grandmother did at my age. Oh dear.

And it's not that I'm that vain or want to look like one of those skinny models. Good heavens no. I just don't want to have all the health issues associated with excess weight.

Right now, I'm holding my own. Not gaining or losing. I guess that's something.