yes, food somehow equals love for me. It is pleasurable, to be sure. It is just a matter of regulating our pleasures into a number of calories for the day. I do keep a journal sometimes of the food I am eating. I started last January first and I stopped eating cookies, candy and ice cream. THose are the high calorie items for me. I want to lose another ten pounds this year. Let's do it together. Let's be accountable to each other. I know there are a lot of women on this site and a person tends to get lost in the numbers. Like I joined a bunch of challenges and then felt uncommitted to none of them in particular. If I felt accountable to you, perhaps I would write in my food journal every day and tell you how I am doing. I don't particularly like my comments to end up for all to see so sharing with one person sounds better. Are you interested? luv, mary p.s. your son is soooo cute. My two daughters are grown up now, 20 and 26. I am not ready for grand children just yet!