No Cinnamon Bears Either!!!!

Yesterday was a harsh, harsh day. No white chocolate martinis. No caffeine free Diet Pepsi. And to add insult to injury, the cinnamon bears in the office candy bowl are off-limits as well!!! (sob) While I am struggling to remember why I came up with this idea in the first place, Andy has filled in as guest blogger:

Forgive Me Father For I Have Sinned

Day two of "Don't eat any processed foods" month, and I blew it already.

This morning Toni was walking down the stairs, as I was carrying a bowl back to the kitchen from the office. Toni asked, in her kindest and most loving voice, as I walked past

"You did not just have a bowl of illegal cereal, did you?".
"I had a bowl of cer... Oh sh*t!"

Only two days in, and it is strange what we decide we miss most from the "processed foods" world. Toni sent me a page yesterday stating that she had been used to eating one cinnamon bear from the candy bowl at work each day, and was missing her cinnamon bear today. I evidently will be missing my morning bowl of "sticks and trigs". [Toni's note: I wasn't sure if this was a typo or if this was a special brand of cereal for engineers, so I have left it as-is]

Late Thursday night we decided that alcohol was out as well for the month. What were we thinking? No chocolate martinis? No butterscotch mudslides? Little did I realize this last decision would impact my social life. I was planning on meeting up with some friends at a bar last night after work. So I sent Toni an email stating that I was going to stop for a beer on the way home. That email was immediately followed by another email stating , "oops. Beer is out. I'm going to stop for a soda with the guys. No, that is out too. I am going to stop for tea with the guys." It was then I remembered that we were going to be meeting at a bar right by the Harley Davidson dealer. Yes, a BIKER BAR. Now I'm very comfortable in my masculinity. But I just could not face showing up at a biker bar, and drinking tea. The thought of trying to explain the month of healthy eating to my friends while they are at a biker bar, chugging down beer, and eating something thoroughly processed and greasy, is a bit of a stretch for me.

When we ended the month of not buying anything new, we decided to resist the urge to go on a buying frenzy on the first day out. We limited ourselves to $40 each that we could spend on anything. It was fun to see what we each bought at the end of the day. Now for the month of eating healthy, it seems we should likewise limit our 'binge eating' at the end. Last night I asked Toni if on March 1 she could eat any two 'banned foods', what would they be. She did not even hesitate, "pizza and white chocolate martini". That describes Toni Sutton very well. I'm married to a pizza and white chocolate martini kind of woman.

Andy

Toni's note: Andy is joking that if I finally break down and have one of the bears at work before the month is out, my future post should be "Forgive Me Father For I Have Cinnamoned." We're very punny around here.