Yesterday I drilled two more additional holes in my belt.

It was getting kind loose again. I can say it was do to the belt stretching but that’s kind of a lie. My jeans and boxers are too big for me but at least they aren’t slipping down like they were before I tightened my belt.

I’m actually amazed that I keep losing weight and everybody around me is getting fatter. Even the homesteaders and farmers I follow online seem now to be quite chubby. I thought I would loose a few pounds but it wouldn’t add up to much.

It’s not like I’m eating less, if anything I’m eating more and drinking less water. Some meals I eat way too big of portions. And I snack a lot. Yet, what I’m eating makes all the difference. Fill up on spinach or kale, and there isn’t many calories or fat involved. Snack on apples and bananas and you’ll get a jolt of sugar but also with the fiber it lasts a long time.

In many ways I’m fortunate to live alone and choose what I put in my body. I go out and occasionally do social events and there I’m a miserable health grouch. But most of the time, what I put in my shopping cart is ultimately what I put in my mouth.

It has taken time to learn what good healthy adult food tastes like. But once you get away from the sugar, fat and salt diet you really get back your sense of taste. Natural, largely unadulterated by industry and cooking foods taste pretty darn good.