There comes a point in every woman's life where she realizes that chewing is overrated.

Well.....maybe not everyone.

As of today the only thing that I will chew is gum. This is not a permenant change, just a trial of seperation, a sort of detox (without all the sweats and shaking and flashbacks). This all started when I tried on this purple dress...The Purple Dress from HELL is what I am calling it. For any average size woman...those that are smaller on top than on bottum...the dress would look fabulous. Turns out, I'm not an average size woman.

So there I was, with the dress, standing next to a beautifully proportionate sister who rocked the socks off her dress and my mind started to drift to words like "colon cleansing" and "hydrotherapy"...people like Anna Nicole Smith and Oprah Winfrey flashed across my mind. "I LOST 400 Pounds in 2 weeks." Hmmmm...I wonder if that could be me...if only I didn't need to chew.

(in true Bridget Jones' Diary style)

Weight: 163
Attitude: Fidgety
Hopeful: yes