I mostly spend each day living in brief gulps from one moment to the next. In between tickle fights and time outs, I also sweat it out each day on the tightrope that is PPD and all its repercussions in my family, my health, my marriage and my sense of humor. Some days are good, some days only wish they could aspire to the high ranks of pond scum, but it's all part of my life. And it's all worth it.
100 calories!
I haven’t been a dieter for a long time but, to this day, I carry a real grudge against Slim-Fast. My animosity is not because the shakes are more chemical than food, not because the plan basically only allows for one actual meal a day, not even because every single product is designed to be sweetsweetsweet, which tends to leave me fantasizing about salty potato chips and hot dogs far more than I would ever do under normal circumstance.
No, I hate Slim-Fast for their Peanut Butter Crunch snack bars– only 120 calories! 15 vitamins and minerals! A healthy treat to carry you through the day!
It’s heaven. It tastes exactly like a Butterfinger only without the guilt bomb. Well, that is, without the guilt bomb if you only eat one.
I do not.
All these 100 calorie packs that are all the rage right now– yummy cookies, small candy bars, tasty crackers, even brownies and cakes– are just a lie. Because, yes, if you just eat one, you’re good to go, you’ve indulged and now your day can continue on with whole grains and lean protein and lots of water. Yay for you! But who does that? Who only has one? I cannot believe that I am alone in my lack of restraint. One six-bar box lasts me approximately 2 days, 3 if I am being very, very good.
Maybe if I opened it, took out one serving, then hid the rest… but no. I’d still know. The only solution that works is not to buy it at all, which I follow most of the time. I usually don’t keep treats in the house at all, but sometimes…
The Frog and Toad story about the big batch of cookies Toad baked says it all.
“We must stop eating!’ cried Toad as he ate another.
“Yes,” said Frog, reaching for a cookie, “We need will power.”
“What is will power?” asked Toad.
“Will power is trying very hard not to do something that you really want to do,” said Frog.
They try various methods of putting away and hiding the cookies, but to no avail– they always know how to get to them. So Frog goes outside and calls all the birds, who come and eat up the cookies for them.
“Now we have no more cookies to eat,” said Toad sadly. “Not even one.”
“Yes,” said Frog, “but we have lots and lots of will power.”
“You may keep it all, Frog,” said Toad. “I am going home now to bake a cake.”
(mmm…munch, crunch… two more bars left in the box!)) I’m with Toad.
Oh yes, will power. What is that again? This word is not in my vocabulary.
Comment by Lea — July 5, 2009 @ 6:29 pm