Good - Sincerely trying to lose 10 or 15 pounds to ease pressure on arthritic knees and make that denim skirt you love fit a little better.

Also Good - Buying fewer pre-made foods so that there is less temptation in the form of 'open and eat' foods.

Also Good - Stopping to eat around three hours before bed since you know that that is a healthy practice and good aid to weight loss.

Not Good - Lying in bed tossing and turning because you are so hungry and then finally getting up at 4:30 in the morning and standing naked in front of the sink eating a piece of toast that is frozen in the middle and burned around the outside and has shredded cheese on it because maybe, please maybe, it will end your salt craving, the one that has moved from your stomach to your brain to somewhere deep within your soul.

I rarely write about weight issues because I despise people who are obsessed with their weight. I desperately do not want to be that person. But, for the above mentioned reasons, I do want to lose a little, just a few pounds. I used to think that being thin would equal being happy. I'm not nearly so foolish anymore, thank God. I am only telling you about this small effort since I wanted to write about my toast eating episode and also because I needed a lead in to the following article. This article is about our society's association of thin = beautiful/popular/rich/happy etc. It's really fascinating if that topic interests you at all. And, if you do choose to read it and couldn't remember how much a 'stone' was (like I couldn't), it's 14 pounds - that means that that Nicole Richie is listed as being 93 pounds.