Conversation with my ham-in-laws My husband has a ham for a mother. He is always telling her about CICO and eating well, but she keeps eating mass quantities of "diet" foods and maintaining her planetary shape. I lost all my baby weight and some more and have kept it off, which seems to boggle her mind. Today she asked me about my ability to remain a human sized mother. Her: How do you keep all the weight off? Me: I walk every day and watch what I eat. Her: How much do you eat? Me: I start with 1350 calories and then add more depending on how much I do that day. Her: That doesn't sound like much. Me (looking her dead in the eye): That's all that your body needs. Her: But that's not enough for treats! Me: You can still eat treats, you just have to fit them into your calories for the day. Her: I don't know, that sounds extreme. I can't do that. Back to your artificially sweetened trough, piggie. Ugh. So glad my husband doesn't take after her.