My Friend Lost a Hundred Pounds

My friend has lost a hundred pounds She is enthusiastic about water, exercise and vegetables. We should go swimming, she said. All I want to do is watch TV and sit in my recliner She calls me to give me advice. Are you taking vitamins? How much exercise do you get? Let’s get healthy. Do you want to go on a hike? I click her off the phone and text her. Not today, I am busy, I lie. It is easier to lie in a text than in person. She shows up an hour later with an extra swimming suit. Not today, I tell her. Not tomorrow And not the next day. She bikes off, to enjoy her weight loss alone.