I just finished lunch and need to get back to work, but thought I would drop a quick note.

My BF and I decided to postpone our Valentine's dinner out because last night I didn't get home until about 8 and was sweaty from working out. He wanted to take me to the Cheesecake Factory and I suggested he call first to see what the wait time was - 1.5 to 2 hours!! We said forget it, let's go tomorrow instead. I made dinner and we watched Amercian Idol and had another chat about things.

One thing that really helped was that I ended up pulling out some old photos of myself at different sizes and we both looked at them. I started remembering what it felt like to be certain weights at different times. The other thing that is so strange is that I know my body image is still so distorted. I know I was 100 pounds thinner in some of those pictures, but I don't feel much different mentally. Also, I look at the pictures of myself as a teenager, and I don't look that heavy. Yet at the time, I remember thinking that I was absolutely HUGE. It is so amazing to consider our perceptions of ourselves.

Welcome back Ammi! Glad you got everything sorted out. I would be so hard to get by without Internet access - even for just a few days.

I would love to respond to eveyone personally, but I had best get back to work. I am trying to decide on what to do with my company's medical insurance. Our rates went up another 15% this year and we need to try and find some way to lower the rates without cutting into people's benefits too much. It is tough.