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sass4prez · November 26th, 2005, 08:32 PM

I was walking around the local drugstore tonight and overheard three women talking about diets:

One woman: "I haven't had chocolate in a few weeks."

Second woman: "Really?? Wow... a few weeks? I haven't had chocolate in... SIX MONTHS."

After the other women made congratulatory noises, she said, "I know, I've been good."

Now, the reason I was walking around the drugstore aimlessly was because I had just bought an ice cream at the nearby ice cream parlor (Baskin Robbins) and didn't want to eat it outside in the cold (it was Truffle Paradise on a sugar cone).

So I automatically started to feel very guilty about myself, and my lack of eating rules and regulations. I also suddenly felt very soft and pudgy and was very curious to see what a woman looks like after SIX MONTHS without chocolate.

Slowly, I rotated my body in her direction and peeked around a rack of potato chips to get a peek, totally ready to be intimidated by a perfect body... what did I see? Well, the good girl was sitting in a chair with metal arm rests and her body was spilling out and overflowing out of the arm rests!

She wasn't extraordinarily fat, but she sure didn't look thin --more like the recent pics of Janet Jackson. And the thing is, I think sometimes people get off on deprivation, and the success of following strict self-imposed rules, that the big picture kinda gets lost. What is the point of abstaining from something as delicious and innocent as chocolate, if at the end of six months, all you can be proud of is that you didn't have any chocolate?? I don't get it...

November 26th, 2005, 08:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
sass4prez Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 43	Overheard in a drugstore... I was walking around the local drugstore tonight and overheard three women talking about diets: One woman: "I haven't had chocolate in a few weeks." Second woman: "Really?? Wow... a few weeks? I haven't had chocolate in... SIX MONTHS." After the other women made congratulatory noises, she said, "I know, I've been good." Now, the reason I was walking around the drugstore aimlessly was because I had just bought an ice cream at the nearby ice cream parlor (Baskin Robbins) and didn't want to eat it outside in the cold (it was Truffle Paradise on a sugar cone). So I automatically started to feel very guilty about myself, and my lack of eating rules and regulations. I also suddenly felt very soft and pudgy and was very curious to see what a woman looks like after SIX MONTHS without chocolate. Slowly, I rotated my body in her direction and peeked around a rack of potato chips to get a peek, totally ready to be intimidated by a perfect body... what did I see? Well, the good girl was sitting in a chair with metal arm rests and her body was spilling out and overflowing out of the arm rests! She wasn't extraordinarily fat, but she sure didn't look thin --more like the recent pics of Janet Jackson. And the thing is, I think sometimes people get off on deprivation, and the success of following strict self-imposed rules, that the big picture kinda gets lost. What is the point of abstaining from something as delicious and innocent as chocolate, if at the end of six months, all you can be proud of is that you didn't have any chocolate?? I don't get it...