5 Reasons I know...
...you can fill in the rest with whatever takes your fancy. Read mine and then go and see the others at Listography on Kate Takes 5.
5 Reasons I know I'm not starting a detox today
1. The potatoes I bought yesterday for the magic eat-all-you-want soup turned into chips before I had time (or inclination) to make the soup.
2. The ketchup I ate with the chips isn't on the detox diet list - should have eaten them with cayenne pepper and maple syrup I think.
3. The plumber who fitted my new tap in the bathroom nine months ago, at great expense because he bought me the
4. There was some chocolate left and I've already had the talk with DD about how we're not having anymore sugar at home for a while (she ate far to much over Purim and even she told me it was too much in the end). So who's going to eat it if I don't finish it off? I cannot waste food.
5. Was offered a slice a cake to celebrate someone's birthday at work. Well it would have been rude not to.
What does the detox diet entail? I would think maple syrup has a similar amount of sugar in it to ketchup. Although I suppose it's natural sugar.
ReplyDeleteI restarted South Beach on Thursday. Hungry but determined. Managed a Shabbat lunch at the David Citadel with no sugar or carbs. [Pats self on back.]
Where is the hardware store? I have a car...
Netanya - google detox diets, there are hundreds of them. And, btw, when I told you you were looking great today, I said rested but what I really meant was that you've lost weight (but I didn't like to say). :)
DeleteThanks so much.... but I've actually gained. A lot. Possibly the most I've ever weighed. Even when 9 months pregnant. Have been eating nonstop for months.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though, where's the hardware store?
It's irrelevent because I've burnt my bridges with this man by shouting at him and threatening him with fb. It's actually somewhere near Moshav Ora. Thank you for asking though.
DeleteOh. Sorry. :(
ReplyDeleteIt's ok, I appreciate your implied offer. Now will you please get back on fb - this is for comments, it's not a conversation thread ;)
DeleteI would rather be fat than try any detox! I have never done one and never will. You never keep the weight off from what I hear and they sound miserable. The idea is to spring you into action - when does that ever happen on a detox? x
ReplyDeleteI would rather try anything (as long as it's not dangerous) than be fat. I dunno though - they say you feel energised after a few days. As for keeping the weight off, I htink you then have to diet but you feel better able to keep it up after you've lost a chunk. Only one way to find out ....
DeleteYour first two reasons remind me of the knock-on effect in the American children's story " If you give a mouse a cookie.." Have you read it? Has DD? It's part of a whole series that kids and their parents seem to love. It would take much less than a plumber's extreme rudeness to have me reaching into my fridge... There's always tomorrow to try again. Good luck. Gillyx
ReplyDeleteThanks Gilly - yes I've read the books. Everything seems to be a knock on effect from something. I don't know why it's so bloody difficult to get into the right mindset when i've done it before. Anyway - as you say, tomorrow is another day...
DeleteNever mind, there's always tomorrow! Of course you can't waste food, it doesn't count if you're eating it up rather than throwing it away.
ReplyDeleteThere's always tomoprrow is both a blessing and a curse when it comes to dieting.
DeleteI keep planning to do a detox but what about the crisps in the cupboard and that last piece of toblerone!
ReplyDeleteEat everything tonight and then the slate will be clean.
DeleteI know it's no good to you, but I do feel comforted to know that I am not the only lone parent who struggles when something goes wrong with the house - I had a dripping tap for 18 months! And the kids now just roll their eyes when I complain that something else is broken. My life would be incomplete without blu tak to stick things together...
ReplyDeleteI know - it's because I have to pay for every little thing as I'm so DIY incompetent. If there wasn't a money issue I wouldn't mind.
DeleteI can't bear the thought of detoxing. To just deny myself EVERYTHING in one fell swoop would just about finish me off I think. I prefer the old fashioned take your time diet and exercise approach! Hats off to you for giving it a go though - tomorrow is a new day! Best of luck xx
ReplyDeleteThank you - the first day of really dong it has been fine so far, I just have to get through the first evening.
DeleteNah, detox diets are bad. They make you depressed and that's damaging to your children. I know a mother who can eat three Krispy Kreme donuts in a sitting. She's 15 stone, but she's always smiling!
ReplyDeleteIf I were 15 stone I would not be smiling, believe me.
DeleteBloody bloody bloody plumber! *shuffles off to the fridge to start comfort eating in earnest on your behalf*
ReplyDeleteThank you Bibsey, I appreciate you ruining your day on my behalf. That plumber has a lot to answer for.
ReplyDeletethis made me laugh a lot - thank you X
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it made you laugh - the situation is making me - how shall I put it? Not laugh, at the moment. At all.
DeleteThat is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteand it is always rude to turn down cake!
Well yes, I can't be rude can I? Although eating the cake is a bit rude to myself when I've told myself not to on several occasions.
DeleteIf the reason not to throw out food is that you're wasting it, are you really wasting it any less if you ingest it and don't want it?
ReplyDeleteWhen I started letting myself throw out food that I don't think I should be eating (whether because I didn't like it, or because I repented my decision to eat junk, or who knows what), I found it very freeing -- and dietetic. If I had to choose, I'd rather feel guilty for throwing out food than feel guilty for eating it!
I can see the logic in this and the wisdom - it's a big leap for me though, to throw out food. I don't know if I can do it.
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