Went to the dietician

Because I'm a fat cow. At least the Army says so. I'm five feet tall, and according to them, I am not supposed to weigh over 133 lbs.

The VA dietician stared at me like I had lobsters coming out of my ears when I said that. I'm currently 148 lbs, but two pounds of that is reliably water. According to the REAL BMI chart, I am at 28% body fat and okay for a 49 year old woman. The Army refuses to accept this reality and substitutes its own, saying I'm 36%.

She listened to my description of how I eat and said there isn't anything to be done except work out more. I'm hoping that the Attorney General's office building has an exercise room, although the Air Force base isn't too far away and it has a wonderful gym.

If the Army decides to flag me or give me shit in any other way because of this, I'm going to point to my high PT scores and the fact that I have been to a dietician at the Veterans Administration. They haven't had middle-aged women in before, and I am happy to blow their minds about the realities of ageing.

"My Amityville Horror"

This is a documentary that you can see on Netflix streaming. It is about Daniel Lutz, now 49, the eldest son in the Amityville case. I'm fascinated by Amityville, which I maintain was an elaborate hoax. Daniel says it was true, but tells little of the story. What does come through is that he hated his stepfather George, who I gathered from reading the book back in the caveman days, was an abusive ex-Marine with no parenting skills. How much of Dan's memories are influenced by details from the movie, and how much are based in his fear and loathing of George are very much the question.

As an added bonus, we get to see him meeting again with Lorraine Warren, who "investigated" the house with her husband Ed, who is now deceased. Lorraine's crazy Traditionalist Catholicism is nicely on display, and one is also left wondering how much was the influence of the Warrens.

The Warrens are also the subject of the movie "The Conjuring" which is "based on true events." I could go on about the Warrens and the harm I feel they have done for hours, so if anyone reading has an opinion, let's talk.