You know what people love to say? How it’s so easy for you. How you never have to work at it. How you were born that way.

HOLY. FUCKING.SHIT. I was obese, forty years of eating disorders, and those teeth come out at night. PEOPLE CAN BE ASSHOLES.

I have such empathy for folks battling a weight issue. Been there. For years. What I have now (there’s an extra ten on me right now, thanks to those almonds) is the result of relentless discipline, hard work and consistency. That’s hard right now, but everything comes back.