Please, PLEASE tell me that I’m not the only one who loses all nutritional control around certain foods. I’m talking about a junk food that, if someone puts in front of you, you are completely helpless and will gorge yourself until you look like the blueberry girl in “Willy Wonka”. My two “kryptonite” foods are:
I do everything in my power to keep these evil things out of my presence, but every now and then, some well-meaning soul brings them near me only to be repulsed by my vulgar transformation.
Dark chocolate. I am helpless in front of a large bar of dark chocolate. My wife has to hide it from me whenever it’s in the house and give it to me in tiny ration amounts. Oh yeah, and anything with the name “Ben and Jerry’s” on it.
Don’t resist. It’s just your body’s way of telling you you have a chocolate and BBQ deficiency. If you eat enough your cravings will go away. You’ll be able to train better. Isn’t it interesting that you never have a craving for broccoli though?
Ice-cream, I love ice-cream (and milk shakes). A good vanilla or coffee are my favs. I don’t gorge on it until I think that I am going to puke but if there is ice-cream in the house I will have a small bowl every night. Since I don’t go to crazy on it and need a little reward for my hard work (and some extra calories, calcium, protein) I don’t worry about it to much. Just had a bowl last night.
I am helpless to all orange food, especially the orange food that isn’t naturally orange:
Buffalo wings, Doritos, Cheetos, cheese popcorn… it never ends. I usually get myself some wings after a hard week of training, and sometimes after an easy week of training.
Wings from Chuck’s Spring Street in Princeton have mystical power over me. The other night, my car had a flat and I had 5 minutes to get to Chuck’s before they closed. I hopped on my bike and went fully anerobic to get there before closing. This after an 18-hour training week. I might have a problem.
Oreos yea buddy nothing but the best. Try out the new mint just to get more variety The surgeon general says variety is best. But I got to say double stuff is the way to go, not to aero but very comfortable. I don’t mess with dunking them in milk for lubrication. If oreos are not available I then apt for Godiva semi sweet chocolate chips, If you are new to these I recommend no more than a handful in the case that you are a seasoned pro, let it rip.
Chili-flavored Fritos are hard to stop eating but I have to admit that Peeps are what I crave. They are no good when soft…one must break the seal and hide them, only to stumble upon them after they have developed a hard shell. These weird little items are great to eat now that they are tough and chewy! If only I could find the pumpkin pie flavored ones only seen around Halloween; I’ve already torn through my Easter stash.
Chocolate anything. I will get in the car and drive to the store at ungodly hours if there is no chocolate in the house. At work, when we have dinners with partners and customers, I get angry when we don’t arrange for dessert. I always have some on my desk. My husband knows that eating the last piece in a bag that resides in the house will result in divorce with me taking him to the cleaners.
You do NOT mess with me and chocolate.
I just got back from a business trip to San Francisco and found a t-shirt dyed in Ghirdelli chocolate that says “I would be nicer to you if you brought me chocolate.” I bought it.
If I had to choose one thing to live on for the rest of my life, that would be it.
In the last 10 years I have given up meat, nicotine and alchohol but I would rather weigh 300 pounds before giving up chocolate.
Now, off to the kitchen to find a piece of the good stuff…