A Moment of Weakness…
:sigh:
 I’d been doing so well on my resumed diet. Oatmeal for breakfast, a simple sandwich for lunch, normal portions at dinner. No snacking just for the heck of it, though I have to confess at one point I went to four–yes, four–convenience stores looking for the new Reese’s candy bar. Don’t even know the name of it. Don’t care. I just want to eat it. It’s that good.
But I digress.
Anyway, last night I went to my Mom’s for dinner and guess what she’d made for dessert? Cream puffs. I heart cream puffs, especially the homemade kind with chocolate frosting. What I didn’t manage to eat while at her house, I brought home. And guess what I’m having for breakfast this morning–right now, in fact?
A cream puff.
Clearly I have no will power whatsoever. 
January 18th, 2007 at 9:00 am
Darlin’, don’t beat yourself up. Who in the universe could resist homemade cream puffs? You know I’m a bit of a purist but if I was next door to you, I’d be begging one now.
I read that if you’re going to indulge, at least make it guilt-free and enjoy the heck out of every bite. Of course, for some, guilt enhances the overall pleasure, but now we’re getting into deeper psychological nuances, so just eat it and enjoy it. 
January 18th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Enjoy it.
I’ve been on my diet and exercise plan and really trying to be good about it. Got on the scale yesterday and had GAINED two pounds.
It made me want to go buy donuts. But I didn’t.
January 18th, 2007 at 9:50 am
My husband’s diet program has a free day built in each week so you can indulge without guilt. The developer’s philosophy is if you deny yourself everything, you are more easily tempted. It seems to work for the DH. My metabolism, however, seems to have shut down and I seem to gain weight eating celery.
Anyhoo, I start a new diet today — four laxatives at noon and then some flavored liquid that I have to drink 8 ounces of every 20 minutes starting at 5:30 this afternoon. And nothing but jello, chicken broth and clear liquids after noon — assuming I’ll be able to keep that down. Yep, I’m having a roto-rooter job done tomorrow and I’m sure y’all wanted to know that.
I plan to roll my desk chair down the hall to just outside the bathroom door and put a book and some magazines beside it. Nothing like being prepared, huh?
January 18th, 2007 at 10:32 am
Jen, I ate it–and then another one–and I did enjoy it.
Kimberly, I know that’s disheartening. Props to you for not buying the donuts though. Might I suggest the new Reese’s candy bar?
Marilyn, your diet sounds terrible.
Hope everything goes well!
January 18th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Enjoy, honey. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. This evening go back on your diet plan. Marilyn, I feel your pain, I will be doing the same thing Sunday for my roto-rooter job on Monday
. Let’s just pray together on this one.
January 18th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
I have, right this very moment, a small box of maple-flavoured fudge that my dad brought home from a business reception he attended yesterday.
When he first gave it to me to look at, I tried to hand it back, but he shook his head and said, “I don’t eat that stuff.”
So it’s mine. I confess I’ve nibbled at it, and it’s SOOO good. It’s taking a LOT of willpower to not devour the entire thing immediately, but I’m surviving.
I think there’s hope for me, yet.
ps. Cream puffs sound WONDERFUL, too. I’d also be eating them for breakfast if they were in my general vicinity…