The next task ahead of me is telling someone in my family. Since I’ll be leaving for the wilds of northern Ontario at the end of this week, I can’t put off the decision any longer. Who to tell?
Day 63: Being Understood

The next task ahead of me is telling someone in my family. Since I’ll be leaving for the wilds of northern Ontario at the end of this week, I can’t put off the decision any longer. Who to tell?
Considering how desperately I wanted to be thin, how sure I was that I had a problem that required drastic steps to resolve, and how convincing the evidence presented in the Bright Line Eating book was, how could I have doubted?
I’m here now. And I’m grateful for that.
It feels like the beginning of a great adventure.
I, C.M. Gibson, being of sound mind, hereby promise to adhere to the principles of Bright Line Eating from this day forward
I need to embrace BLE as a part of who I am.
Sunshine is a luxury, and this wet, rainy spring has made me appreciate it all the more.
I’ve learned that these conversations rarely go as expected, so I came into this with very little preconceptions.
My rebel is a significant, but not an obvious part of my personality.
The seductive rationalizer is the one who convinces me to procrastinate – or to give up – in a very logical, reasonable manner.