True confessions of a diet slacker: Part 4
December 11, 2008 by lisagriffis
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The vending machine at the Today Show was giving out free food. Good thing that doesn't happen at my office.
There are many habits I learned from my mother, like keeping a clean house and a sweet treat is best followed by something salty. Yes, add insult to injury as it were.
I have cut down on my trips to the vending machine. My wallet is grateful and my new waistline is evidence that I have kicked the junk food habit. So are my cholesterol numbers. My LDL (or junk food number as I call it) has gone from 245 to 75 since I have started my healthier lifestyle. Giving hard proof that you can change your health by eating right.
But again the pressure of the last few weeks has made me forget the progress that I have made and once again I was playing the vending machine like some people play slot machines in Vegas.
The problem is that since I have been on the Today Show my co-workers have been watching me like a hawk. Last week they heard the sound of a chip bag at my desk and when I looked up one of them had their cell phone camera pointed at me. For the love of God, it was one bag and I was having a bad day. It was the healthy chips, if there really is such a thing.
Memo to myself: Follow around skinny people and see how they handle stress. Maybe, I will be vindicated and they eat chips as well.
