FullaBella's Journal, 03 April 2013

If I were writing for a supermarket tabloid instead of my journal the headline would read 'How I lost 90lbs and Nearly Lost my Life.'

Would that interest you enough to buy? Or at the very least, thumb through the pages while you waited in line? Would the story belong in the health section or life stories?

Sigh, I'll stop putzing around and dragging out the drama. But first, an important word from our sponsors.....haha.

One of my customers briefly mistook me for a burglar today. He drove up to my shop as I was leaving; I had my back to him while locking the door and setting the alarm.

When I turned and saw him, his jaw dropped and his face turned red. I'd love to think I'm so goshdarned attractive now that I render men speechless but I know better.

'Al, are you okay?'
'Uh, yeah, uh, whew....'
'What's wrong, Bubba?'
'I thought you were a burglar. All I saw was some guy in a black cap hunched over fiddling with the locks. I was about to shoot him.'

Now, is that customer loyalty or what?

I asked 'you wouldn't have shot someone in the back, would you?'
'Oh, no, but I...'

He didn't finish. I didn't press.

I was actually 'closed' today so that I could run errands. Most of the errands were downtown so I walked to them (yay me as some were at least 8 blocks away one way) and it's a cold dreary day here in Bellawood so I wore a black baseball cap along with my usual attire (black turtleneck and jeans, boots, under denim long sleeve shirt) to avoid having to deal with the anticipated 'bad hair day'. I probably looked more 'wannabethug' than longshoreman with the bill of the cap pulled down to hide my eyes.

I can't help but wonder if I'd been coming IN instead of going OUT how this story would be reading different. But I wasn't so it doesn't but was kind of funny. So like the POLICE or DEA who wear their identity in very large letters on the back of their jackets, I'll guess I'd better get one that read 'YES, IT'S ME' in case any of my other loyal customers who don't recognize me instantly decide to defend my livelihood.

As always, thank you for reading,

Bella

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1241 kcal

Fat: 55.86g | Prot: 65.91g | Carb: 130.89g.   Breakfast: Onions, Spectrum Chia Seeds, Baby Spinach, Bell Peppers, Gouda Cheese, Egg, Nature's Way Efagold Coconut Oil. Lunch: Croissant, Provolone Cheese, Deli Turkey or Chicken Breast Meat. Dinner: Fit & Active Smoked Honey Ham Deli Thin Sliced, Libby's Crispy Sauerkraut. Snacks/Other: Quaker Old Fashioned Oats, Spectrum Chia Seeds, Bananas, Nostimo 0% Plain Greek Yogurt, Great Value Sugar Free Strawberry Preserves. more...

1996 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Sleeping - 24 hours. more...