Capirgo’s Body/Mind/SpiritBlog

Yesterday was the last game of my daughter’s soccer season. All week I was saving my cheat meal for the after party at CiCi’s Pizza and the later birthday party at Chuck E Cheese’s. Well, when we showed up to both places, I wasn’t hungry, so I didn’t eat my cheat meal. Skipping the cheat meal got me to thinking…

Altogether I’m taking in about 3800 calories a day. Being a vegetarian at this level of calories means I’m eating a lot all freakin day! I definitely am not depraved of good and tasty food so why do I "need" a cheat meal? My conclusion is I DON’T NEED IT.

I’m going to see how long I can go without having a cheat meal. I’ve given up fast food, alcohol and drugs. Now I want to push myself to see if I can give up my cheat meal. It shouldn’t be too hard considering I usually feel like crap after I eat it anyway.

Yesterday I was talking with a co-worker, and I slipped up by telling him I keep a daily record of the calories I eat. To me it is VERY obvious this guy does not work out, so I was not offended by his negative commets about my lifestyle. Besides, he’s one of my fraternal brothers, so I took his comments as jest. However, an eavesdropper jumped in and started going on about how weird I am for doing this. She then went on to tell me about her degree in Psychology, and her diagnosis for me. To add to it she started probing me about my hobbies. For some reason this reallygot under my skin. So I snapped back, "what’s it to ya?"

I’m not sure why I allowed this to get to me. Now I see that some folks just don’t get it. Neither of the two people making comments yesterday are in the "fitness culture" so there ignorance should not surprise. Maybe I was offended because I have made diet and exercise a part of who I am.

Well, I’m over it now, but I have learned a lesson here.