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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sugar Bites

This weekend was Joanna's wedding, which was super exciting, although I knew my diet would be out the window.  Anyone out there watch Biggest Loser or Survivor?  If so, you may be able to relate to what happened. 

Every season on Survivor there's a reward challenge where the contestants get comfort food and pig out.  Result: everyone feels terrible and gets horribly sick.  I watch that and go, "heck, if I didn't eat for 30 days there's no WAY I'd feel that bad".  Each season on Biggest Loser they have a segment where someone binges during their home visit and then gets horribly sick.  I watch this and think, "well duh, stupid.  You eat that much crap of COURSE you're going to feel awful!". 

Now we're at the wedding story.  I tried to hold back and eat ok to start with.  Instead of eating a donut for breakfast on Friday I had a quarter of a donut and an apple.  I had healthy chicken tortilla soup and salad for lunch.  Then we had a pasta bar, dessert bar, and cream cheese mints for dinner.  Bring on the downfall.  I love cream cheese mints and guess what, they're full of sugar.  The next day I had half a ton of m&m's and other assorted candy while preparing for the wedding, then about 25 cream cheese mints (plus cake) at the reception.  About a hour after this I thought I was going to barf.  All that sugar after going over a month hardly eating any sugar just killed me.  My mom actually had me out in the parking lot walking around, telling me she'd hold my hair while I threw up just like when I was little.  Later, while I was laying in a chair outside the bathroom, I had to explain to multiple guests that, no, I was NOT drunk, just not feeling well.  Oh the humility. 

Anyways, the root of the story is that it doesn't pay to binge and that not only will you gain weight but you may end up laying in a chair, in your bridesmaid dress, wanting to die.  So be good and eat moderately in those types of situations.  Don't deny yourself, but less is better!

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