Smart Ones

There is an influx of little red boxes in our freezer.

I swore that the word "diet" would not be a part of my vocabulary in 2008. I wanted to instead live an overall healthier life, making good food choices and keeping active everyday. Then I saw the picture of me standing on the court at the Celtics-Pistons game and the one with the cheerleaders. I looked like the fat kid won the grand prize in some contest. I know exactly how we got to this - I allowed myself to listen to everyone at the wedding who told me I looked great and I lost a lot of weight. Well, then we got back from the honeymoon.

While not exactly falling off the bandwagon completely, having been able to resist the urge to go out to eat every night (practically), I still decided that some "healthier" chips and dip here, some cookies there, were OK. WRONG. See, the effects of this eating could have been slower, and maybe not have occurred at all, if I hadn't stopped walking four miles a day like I was doing. Unfortunately, the one thing that drives me (praise...Look at me!), was also the thing that made me think I hit my goal. I know I never made it to 200 lbs by the wedding, but being at 205 from 228 was great! Some how I forgot that the original goal was 180 - but in hindsight, I can't believe with just a little effort how the weight can fall off.

So back to the red boxes. This is completely the wife's domain. She is completely dilligent when she is on her little red boxes kick. The amount of work she put into getting to where she wanted to be was what inspired me to get my fat arse working out. But when she relaxes, the same thing happens to her. But she just starts right back up and uses the red boxes for portion control, not for any special diet.

So, with them being on sale and all, I decided what the hell, I'll pick up, say... 30 of them. Again, I'm not dieting, but I am in MAJOR need of living healthy. I also don't want to be THAT guy at the basketball game who everyone knows is a sports fan because he hasn't been to a game since Larry Bird DID walk through that door and has been on the couch eating "healthy" chips and dip ever since.

Its one more thing to do in 2008. I probably should have wrote down some of the other things but I'm trying not to stress myself out with all the work I need to get done this year to be satisfied with myself. Plus, that would have taken too long and I need the exercise... say, I'm getting hungry... where are all the damn cookies???