Monday, September 3, 2018

Carboholics Anonymous Meeting

I am not pushing any specific diet type here just that food is an addiction. We use it for so many things and count on it in ways it is not designed to be. Food is fuel. The occasional "treat" aside, it's main function is to provide us energy. It becomes a friend and a lover. Well maybe not a "lover" per se. But that one time I sculpted a life sized statue of Adam Levine out of Spam (complete with pimento stuffed green olives for nipples) could have thrown it over that edge I suppose *cough*.

**Please enjoy this picture of Jason Momoa hovering angelically over heart shapped bacon:



** You're welcome.**




But in real life if I had a "friend" that was slowly destroying me I would be intelligent enough to end that toxic relationship. Although we can't end our relationship with food entirely, we can restructure it's role and the power we give it in our lives. This is my main goal (besides being a world reknowned fashion and beauty icon and a much sought after rendezvous with a Jason Momoa look alike,,, the real one is taken I hear).


I know I need support so I began to think of what my first time at a Carboholics Annonymous meeting might look like. Wanna read about it? Of course you do here we go:

*** A wooden hammer hits the oak podium to call the meeting into order as the first member saunters up to speak. She clears her throat, awkwardly taps on the mic and begins**

"Hi, my name is Jaley and I am a carboholic."

(The reality of that statement sinks in but there is hope still hanging on to every breath she takes).

 **Everyone in the room, sitting on tin folding chairs in front of a table laden with bacon, calls out " Hi Jaley" as they await another harrowing tale of dieting hell**

"On July 11th I stopped singing to donuts in parking lots and twirling with baguettes in the bread aisle of my local grocer. They don’t like when you do that for some reason. People have to make everything awkward. But anyway,,, on that day,,, I ripped off that carb band aid whilst screaming "KELLY CLARKSON!" for maximum dramatic effect,,,and have lost 35lbs so far!"

**Thundrous applause fills the room**

"It's something I never thought I could do being that I am 47 going on 60 and was quite acclamated to becoming the crazy cat lady down the street who gifts toilet paper coozies, hands out pennies on Halloween and smells of Bengay and regret,,, but I AM DOING IT!

And even though at times I do miss my perfectly choreographed pirouettes with family sized bags of Cool Ranch Doritos,,, my waltzes with Pork Rinds and mozza blocks are becoming quite famous at Publix. Even my court ordered therapist agrees! So to all the carboholic newbies out there ready to change your life,, I propose a toast."

**The members all hold up styrofoam cups full of bullet proof coffee except Fred,,, he's in the wrong meeting room again,,, he is holding up 90 proof and his own progress. Dammit Fred,,, the bacon is for members only!!**

"To all the carbs I've loved before,,, you are dead to me now,,, capisce???"

**I spit on the ground as another dramatic gesture and also because my gangsta side NEEDS to be acknowledged from time to time**

"DEAD, I SAY!"

** I drag a finger across my throat and aim it at Fred alerting him that he will soon be swimming with the fishies if he crashes our carboholic meeting and scarfs down our bacon again. The members are all moved by my sharing moment and throw shredded gouda at me as I walk back to my chair. The cheese rains down on me like pride confetti for my soul. Some finds it's way into my shirt and nestles in my bra, melting perfectly and offering me a delightful snack for later in the evening. I remember back to the day when rogue M&M's would become "bra hijackers" and paint my cleavage in primary colors in the styling of a Jackson Pollock masterpiece,,, but now,,, cheese is my hijacker of choice. **








Saturday, September 1, 2018

*sings* t's a whole new world,,, don’t you dare close your eyes......

Ah yes, Saturday morning,,, the most wonderful morning of the week! The first thing I did today was pee on a flimsy strip of plastic (keto strip) and gauge my test results against a bevy of different colored squares on a bottle. Those squares hold the future of this glorious Saturday morning and my mindset for the day. Patience really isn't my virtue when it comes to dieting matters. When you percieve yourself to be working hard, you want to relish in those lil success dances that come with progress... Annnnnnd que the rogue hot dog cravings...

Burgandy has never been on the top of my favorite color rainbow but lately when I see it on that microscopic square test spot I squeeeeeeeeeeeee! (Just so you know,,, "Squeeeeeeeee" is an actual emotion for me, it ranks second on my meter-o-happiness behind "P-shaou baby,,, P-shau!!").

This morning that square was not full on burgandy but a subset of the color that determined my ketone level was "moderate". Yesterday it judged me as "high" so I wanted a cheese puff but realized this would be counter productive and abstained. Many folks are against urine ketone strips because they can take over your world and are generally not accurate. They're not addictive people,,, I can stop anytime I want to,, I'm fine, the reading doesn’t control me *twitches*. But the scale is another beast. It DOES have a power.

I currently possess a 1950's style analog scale that mocks me every time I walk by it. Each morning I put myself through a rigorous weighing routine that confirms my insanity.

First I surgically split the "0" just to be sure that a sliver of an ounce does not sneak in to my total thus brutally hijacking my final weigh in figure. Then I have to brace myself and hold on to the counter to assure that I am stepping on the platform as gently as possible as to not disturb the scale's Chakra. Next, once both feet are resting on the scale, I can assess my new total. But this isn't the FINAL total of course. I am forced to do the scale shimmy shift dance before accepting the total because if accepted prematurely it would certainly be an erroneous and egregious event against all of humanity. I have to repeat all of the above steps 5 times making a bathroom stop between each attempt to make sure that drop of urine in my bladder is not plotting against me to sabotage my happines.

I may have to quit my job to be able to undertake this endeavor on a daily basis.

With that being said, I am aware of my issues and the need for or a digital scale. I have been a little more obsessed this week because of an incident on August 22nd 2018 at 4:42! More on that later...... Scandalous!

The reality is that daily monitoring in this manner is unhealthy. It is counter productive to living the fatTASTICAL life I promised myself. This dieting journey will be a winding road that I need to traverse with care. We need not be the weight/ketone level police and ticket ourselves with stress everyday like that. I am hoping this "self intervention" will work and I will be able to stretch out the monitoring to a weekly event. *rocks back and forth*