Well my little shoulder friends have soooo been going at it lately... over food. Yesterday my head was the battlefield over what to get at the grocery store. I was so in crave mode, but I didn't want to ruin everything I've already accomplished. Sticking with proteins and fiber foods has been working for me, but by the time I entered the grocery store, the devil soooo won. My low-carb angel was tied and gagged as sooon as I hit the bulk section. Chocolate covered pretzels, Peanut-butter cups, Almond bark all swam enticingly before my eyes... So I bought a couple of each (though I was conscious enough to stick to the more expensive sugar free kind-see! my angel wasn't completely silent) and then a few aisles later dropped my free with coupon, half-gallon of mint choco ice cream in my cart (with the intention of offering it to my parents for birthday celebrations-pfft... like that was going to happen), and then on the way out stopped in the buffet area and filled a little container with a few choice pieces of Chinese food.
My little devil was so thrilled, and when I got home we partied out with a couple pieces of chocolate, a few spoonfuls of chocolate mint ice cream, and some Chinese sweet and sour meatballs for lunch. And yet as soon as I was finished, didn't I feel like a big screwup afterwards. And of course my angel was no longer bound and silent and was now tsk-ing judgmentally in my ear, as my devil snickered.
*sigh* Looking back on the day I don't feel like I was a huge and complete failure, but seriously! Why does my little shoulder devil have to be so convincing sometimes :P
So... In honor of the epic food battle that took place yesterday with a disappointing but tasty conclusion, I present you with Kronk's mission. It comes from one of my favorite animated movies, Emperor's New Groove, where Kronk is also met with the torture of having to deal with an angel/devil situation. If I were only so strong as to tell both to "be gone" as he.
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