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Ah ha. So now Wes is blogging again. What happened that would make him do such a thing? Well I'll tell ya.
I'm definitely not a health freak but I try/am trying to eat better with the long-term in mind. So I think to myself: "If I just cut out a little bit at a time, I will be more likely to keep it up and not be overwhelmed as I would by only eating cardboard and running 10 miles a day!" So I decided for 30 days to cut out fried food and carbonation (for me, it's sprite zero or diet coke). Drinking carbonation ain't that bad, it just makes me want to eat more for some reason. So...I am giving it up and drinking only water.
Now that you are up to snuff, you can appreciate this dark funk I am in. Every time I go out to eat, people notice that I get grilled chicken, water only, blah blah blah. And then...it happens:
I order dessert. Everyone goes crazy. "How come you won't drink a diet soda but you will eat that sundae?" Okay, I admit at first glance it does look defeating and pointless. But I HAVE TO DO ONE THING AT A TIME. Besides...I am not fat so why not get dessert??? (That is my addiction to ice cream speaking denial over me:)
But hearing this feedback OVER and OVER...ugh...it is so tiring.
And then, my sweet wife:
First of all, she supports me in everything I do---all the way...so kudos to Amanda. BUT...even she couldn't see the point in encouraging a man not to drink diet cokes and to stay away from fried foods ( okay, On the Border chips are okay...for some reason) when he walks in the front door at 10pm (passed his bed time) with a pint of mint chocolate chip in one hand and a spoon in the other with NO plans to save some for later. I don't blame her. I am just getting scared that I could actually be realizing that fried foods and diet cokes might not be the things I need to give up. Good-bye to Mint Chocolate Chip? No, no; Wes can still give that up down the road.
Wes is still in denial. And he can tell that he needs to go to bed now...because he does 2 things when he is up too late: eat mint chocolate chip and talk in third person.
I'm definitely not a health freak but I try/am trying to eat better with the long-term in mind. So I think to myself: "If I just cut out a little bit at a time, I will be more likely to keep it up and not be overwhelmed as I would by only eating cardboard and running 10 miles a day!" So I decided for 30 days to cut out fried food and carbonation (for me, it's sprite zero or diet coke). Drinking carbonation ain't that bad, it just makes me want to eat more for some reason. So...I am giving it up and drinking only water.
Now that you are up to snuff, you can appreciate this dark funk I am in. Every time I go out to eat, people notice that I get grilled chicken, water only, blah blah blah. And then...it happens:
I order dessert. Everyone goes crazy. "How come you won't drink a diet soda but you will eat that sundae?" Okay, I admit at first glance it does look defeating and pointless. But I HAVE TO DO ONE THING AT A TIME. Besides...I am not fat so why not get dessert??? (That is my addiction to ice cream speaking denial over me:)
But hearing this feedback OVER and OVER...ugh...it is so tiring.
And then, my sweet wife:
First of all, she supports me in everything I do---all the way...so kudos to Amanda. BUT...even she couldn't see the point in encouraging a man not to drink diet cokes and to stay away from fried foods ( okay, On the Border chips are okay...for some reason) when he walks in the front door at 10pm (passed his bed time) with a pint of mint chocolate chip in one hand and a spoon in the other with NO plans to save some for later. I don't blame her. I am just getting scared that I could actually be realizing that fried foods and diet cokes might not be the things I need to give up. Good-bye to Mint Chocolate Chip? No, no; Wes can still give that up down the road.
Wes is still in denial. And he can tell that he needs to go to bed now...because he does 2 things when he is up too late: eat mint chocolate chip and talk in third person.
posted by Wes Martin at 10:20 PM
2 Comments:
Well I think you are absolutely precious first of all. :) Secondly, it is comforting to know you have a method to your madness (smile) I love you!
It's not the carbonation that makes you want to eat more. It's the sweetness of the diet (or regular) soda. Sweetness sort of programs your brain to binge.
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