Teensy Tiny Tales

Eating Lean

Mimi heard the crunch of car tires on the gravel drive. She grimaced. That horrible Nurse Nutritionist had arrived.

She was nothing but a bag of bones, how could she possibly understand Mimi’s weight woes?

“Eat only when hungry," she told Mimi.

“No snacking," she commanded. “Eat more lean meat”.

The visiting nurse’s clichéd advice was not only useless, it made Mimi feel depressed - which meant even more overeating and more weight gain.

When Mimi woke up from her binge-induced nap, the nurse nutritionist was almost gone. She was lean, alright, but pretty tough. Mimi reached again for the ketchup.