I need to brag on myself for a minute.

[applegrove]

67. Good to brag at times. That's quite a feat. I should brag more often.

Last Friday I was having dinner with a group of people, some of whom I don't know so well. I told a story about how I didn't know internet vernacular when I first started interacting online. I made a joke and some did an IOI. I thought that is mean calling me an absolute zero (two bars vertical bars separated by a zero is the scientific symbol for absolute zero. Of course they were LOL laughing out loud). Supposed to be funny. I used to be self effacing all the time. One person there at dinner thought it was a sign of my insecurity. She looked sad for me. I thought to myself I don't brag enough. Then they'd see my self effacingness as a strength rather than a sign of weakness. So brag away. Share the good with us too. There are strengths and weaknesses in all of us. Losing 80 pounds is huge. It is not easy to give up smoking and then drinking and then food. I know. I'm stuck on the food part. But I have a health app that cues me to take a certain number of steps a day and such. Hopefully that and not drinking pop will start me losing. You are an inspiration. Never hide the good stuff. How have you changed your diet?