Ever So Slightly Off the Wagon
By sovknight | July 24, 2008
Sigh… Yesterday was a bad day diet-wise. It started out great, with the revelation that another pound had been shed. That makes seven pounds now in four weeks, and I’m ecstatic at the progress, but things went downhill after that.
I just got so hungry, you see. I looked around my house, but nothing seemed appetizing. I’m at a point in my diet now where I’m sick of eating the same things over and over. I need to branch out a little bit, but being the World’s Pickiest Eater is definitely a bad point. Nothing sounded good at all, and I kept torturing myself thinking about food. I wanted something different.
I tried so hard to ignore it. I tried so hard to put the thoughts aside, but the pain was too much. The intense hunger crashed through my previously un-breakable willpower like the Kool-Aid man crashing though a brick wall. I resisted so hard, but I just couldn’t do it. I HAD to get some food… I HAD to. And it couldn’t be a freaking sandwich or a lame salad. I wanted substance.
Despite leaving a comment on Claire’s blog just earlier in the afternoon about not having been in a fast-food joint in a month, I broke down. I couldn’t take it anymore, and I needed a fix. I ended up at Fazoli’s and had me a plate of spaghetti and a breadstick, and damn was it ever delicious. At least it wasn’t a massive fatty burger. In the end, I still came in under my max calories for the day, so not all was lost. It was a close one though.
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4 Responses to “Ever So Slightly Off the Wagon”
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July 24th, 2008 at 10:28 am
It’s so easy to cook spaghetti at home — even I can do it! So why did you go get it at a fast food joint?
July 24th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I think that part of the appeal is not having to make it himself - it’s more of a treat if he’s eating in a restaurant.
Personally, I haven’t been comfortable making spaghetti for myself since I saw Seven. For groups, yes. For myself, when an accidental batch of excess spaghetti might mark me for death-by-Spacey? No thanks.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Sounds like you should skip that Splurge Saturday pizza then. It also sounds like you need some cookbooks. There are tons of healthy cooking books out there so you can spice up your diet. You don’t have to eat the same thing everyday.
Learning how to cook will give you something to do instead of milling around the house and thinking about how hungry you are.
July 27th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Don’t beat yourself up to much Nic! It’s ok to fall off as long as you get right back on the wagon!! Which you did.
You’re looking terrific; keep up the good work!