All Jokes Aside...

I just want to say that I know, at times, I seem to make lots of jokes. Okay, I make jokes all the time. I don’t want people to think that I am not serious about this process. I am very serious about all of this. The issues that people deal with, both with their physical health and the mental changes they undergo with our relationship with food, are very serious.

However, like many over weight people before me, I have long turned to humor as a way to cope with stress, pain and unhappiness. Food used to play a part in that management, but now that’s no longer part of the equations. What remains is humor. I am not alone; there are many very funny people in our group. It’s one of the reasons I really look forward to our bi weekly meetings.

If I offend, I apologize. I just think that a laugh is better than a cry, and certainly better than an order of Chinese take out. So I make jokes, and I hope people laugh. When I poke fun at Veronica, as I often do, I ask her to see what I am going to post first. If she wants me to take something down, I tell her I will. She hasn’t asked me yet, she thinks I’m funny and many of my jokes help keep her spirits up.

I just wanted to say this, in case some of you were thinking I’m a jerk. I mean, your right, I am a jerk, but not for making jokes.