Today the Silent River Kung Fu UBBT7 team members will begin posting everything they eat, every day, for the month of August. When Sifu Brinker issued this challenge at the UBBt7 team meeting yesterday, I noticed that I was not the only person looking a little panic stricken. Do I really want the world to know how many times I've visited the Marble Slab Creamery this summer? Or how many Tim Horton Strawberry Shortcake cookies I devour each week?
The trouble with my daily diet is that I do OK during the day - I have to pack my lunch to work, and the house is stocked with mostly whole foods. So Breakfast and lunch usually consist of fresh fruits, vegetables, yogurts, and a protien like fish or chicken, cheese, or nuts. But at the end of the day, I'm pretty cranky after having endured 8 hours dealing with and 84 year old boss who is going senile - bullying, blaming, rude, and irrational. HIs son, my other boss, is a nice guy, and tells me to ignore him, but he does little to deflect the nasty little outbursts that are aimed in my direction. I'm an emotional eater - by the end of the day I figure I deserve a visit to the junk food aisle at the Calahoo General Store on my way home. Or, a nice icecream with my daughters, on our way to their volleyball lessons, or whatever else they need driving to, will sweeten the rest of evening up quite nicely.
I've decided to take this challenge as an opportunity to break a viscious cycle as I watch my weight balloon out of control, start to feel not so good about myself, and end up eating more to feed my misery. My hope is, that I won't be reporting all that many Cadbury chocolate bars, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies, Coconut Cranberry Squares, . . . and so on.
Claire Finnamore
Student Member, Silent River Kung Fu
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I feel your pain, I'll hate having to admit I have a jelly bean stash and all my other snack indiscretions!
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