Today is a busy day. Well, kindof. It was my best friends mom's birthday this last week and so she wanted to go to the Arabian Horse Show in Scottsdale. I haven't been since I first moved to Arizona so I was pretty excited to go. I find it pretty educational and entertaining, I don't know how the judges can choose a winner, they all look great to me. Guess that is why they don't ask me to judge isn't it! For the adults that went we had a good time for the 3 boys and the baby, not so much. You can only keep a 12 year old, 8 year old, 5 year old and 7 month old attention for so long and we were there a little to long for them. You start to hear things like " I am bored, when is it going to be done, and I'm really hungry!" I love those kids!
I had a good conversation with my best friends older sister, we are pretty close as well. We talked about food and dieting and healthy habits etc. It started with us trying to find her the carmel corn vendor. (I can still smell it). I have to say I think open air shows, fairs etc are the worst for me. You know that they purposely have fans blowing their intoxicating food scents all over the grounds to entice hungry (and non-hungry) people to come and eat. Can I just tell you I seriously wanted one of everything. Instead I got to watch my best friends family EAT pretty much one of everything. Popcorn, and nachos, and philly cheesesteak, and hotdogs, and fresh squeezed lemonade. And there I sat eating my medifast bar. I kept telling myself that, this is worth it, this is what I want. This is reality, I have to learn to be in the food world without being consumed by the food world. They all tried to spare me by eating quickly which was so sweet. But the last thing that I needed was to have someone choke on a hotdog or something trying to spare me from watching bite after juicy bite of contraband food go in each of their mouths. The silly thing is that I know what that food tastes like but that doesn't mean I don't WANT it! I definitely don't NEED it, but I do WANT it!
I have to say it was a big victory for me after a pretty rough week. It makes me feel so go to know that I can walk away from a situation like that and feel good. I was pretty one track minded on the way home though. All I kept thinking was, I need REAL food, I NEED REAL FOOD! I walked in the front door and to the fridge I went. I had left overs and I was content the food monster in my belly was fat and happy. Yeah for a happy food monster!
Score for today: Angela: 10 (2 points for not even licking the little kids fingers after they finished eating just so that I could get a hint of all the contraband food.) Food: 2
Love Angela
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