Skinny.

Originally Posted:
by Mary Alice Holmes on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 10:55pm

Yes, I really am baking an apple crisp right now and I have high hopes of shoveling the entire fat laden thing into the mouth of Mr. Twenty Year Old who looks like a street urchin. He took off his jacket and I nearly passed out. His ribs are visible and, when he turns sideways, he all but disappears. Every woman I know wants this diet. The drawback is that it apparently involves Physics and Macroeconomics and concentration on a level I have yet to experience. Strange how some of us eat when stressed....my boss called me one day in the middle of a huge project and I couldn't answer the phone because my mouth was full of cereal. When I finished chewing I walked down to her office to find her mouth and fist completely full of chips....because we are women, and women stress-eat. But young men starve instead. They just eat enough, in the words of the college student, to keep the hunger pangs at bay. Wow. What a concept. Anyway, it's ten minutes to apple crisp. Did someone get the ice cream?

2012 Postscript:

Said 20 y.o. is now almost 24.  He lives across the country now, away from my watchful eyes and healthful meals.  A steady diet of fast food has caused him to gain so many pounds in a year that he now has a belly that is rounding over his belt.  Oh, Happy Medium, where are thou?