Another Manic Monday

So, I’m on my lunch hour and all I can say is “what’s the point?” I’m feeling so discouraged today. I know this isn’t my usual chipper post but boy I’m frustrated! I gained weight…again.

Here’s the thing about being overweight, it’s not simply watching what you eat and exercising. Many people who are overweight have an addiction to food. When you are an alcoholic, with help, you can eventually quit drinking. When you are a drug addict, you can overcome that addiction as well. When you are a smoker, besides what my friends say, you can live without those pesky little cigarettes. I’m not saying it’s easy but you don’t need alcohol or drugs to survive. You do need food though. You have to eat, your family has to eat, and because of that it’s so easy to blow a hard days work on watching those calories.

Another good observation most of you can understand is that EVERYTHING revolves around food. Your child has a birthday, you serve food. A special occasion occurs, for example: weddings, graduations, a job well-done and we eat to celebrate. We hit 100 degrees outside, might as well get some ice cream because that’s what cools us off best, just kidding. This weekend I think I hit every category there was. My nephew graduated Friday night and we were rushed to get there so we ordered pizza before we left. My daughter officially turned 2 Saturday and low and behold, we had our family over to grill out hot dogs and hamburgers and of course, there was cake and ice cream. Then Sunday we had my nephew’s graduation party and unfortunately, there were no calories spared there either. Anything from chicken salad with cranberries served on the thickest most delicious crackers, spinach artichoke dip, chicken egg rolls, and quiche and all were just jumping on my plate. Yes, there was a watermelon filled with lots of fruit, but to be honest, I made it and the last thing I wanted to do after spending over two hours making the thing was to eat it. We won’t even talk about the cream puffs that were just wonderful. So as you can imagine, the scale was definitely not in my favor today.

Here’s to a better week and good health!
KJ