My Happy After is enjoying what I eat while maintaining or lessening my pre-diebetes and cholesterol. If you don’t live, you die. If you can’t enjoy what you’re eating, you may as well be dead. When I indulge my sweet tooth, to a certain extent, my mouth is happy. I have found that just a little bit of sweetness explodes with flavor in my mouth. That’s enough. When asked what else I miss besides the weight loss and carrying the weight around, I think about the pains I have when I overindulge. I miss that as well. The pain is the way the body tells me I’ve been bad. My Happy After is enjoying the little bits that aren’t enough to give me pain and keeping my numbers acceptable.

Everybody tempts you. When at a function where food is part of the function, everybody brings their tastiest dish. Overindulgence of most tasty dishes will not leave you feeling Happy After.  I enjoy Square dancing. Square dance ladies can really cook.  We have “Happy Hour”. True friends know the problems of not eating right and drinking irresponsibly. We all take small portions and enjoy what’s being offered. Sorry if you have to take some of the dish home. Our health is more important.

Enjoy being Happy After.