I had opened up the freezer, wanting to take out some chicken to defrost for tomorrow, when all of I sudden I was put into a deep hypnotic trance. I couldn't take my eyes off of the package! Before me was an unopened box of The Original Fat Boy Ice Cream Sandwiches, 12 Count package no less.
Now, if your taste buds have never experienced the Fat Boy, count yourself as lucky. These are the most delicious, high fat, high carbohydrate, frozen treat known to man! They actually were invented in 1925 by a fellow Utahan named, Casper Merrill. He apparently had a devised an evil plot to cause those of us with sweet tooth's to be unable to resist this frozen concoction. Where did the forbidden treat come from? Who would be so insensitive to my attempts to lose weight? It was sabotage!
In one flail swoop, I grabbed the box, tore it open, took out the individually wrapped ice cream sandwich, tore off the plastic covering and took a HUGE bite. Wow! It was so incredible, the chocolate and vanilla combination was exhilarating! I actually ate the entire thing, standing with the freezer wide open. Like a complete junkie, I reached in the box for another one. Suddenly, a flickering of consciousness hit me. What was I doing?
If you can envision the devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other, here is how the conversation went:
Devil: You blew it! Just have another one. Heck! Just eat the whole box! You'll feel bad for a while, but you'll get over it. You screwed up the whole day now! You can't take back the one that you ate. Nobody needs to know you have no self control. You're a complete idiot.
Angel: Okay, so you had a Fat Boy. No biggie, just don't have another. You were doing so good today. You can still well. Eat half of your turkey burger instead of the whole thing for dinner. It's okay, just adapt a little. Don't beat yourself up.
I slowly, put the package back in the freezer and closed the door. One frozen treat wasn't going to destroy all I had worked for! I didn't want to feel bad like I have in the past. I wasn't going to give in to guilt. I could move past this without it destroying my whole day.
The lesson here is simply to allow yourself to mess up on occasion without taking you off course. No one is perfect. In fact, I think the the idea of having to be perfect when on a diet or weight loss program is one of the major causes of failure and why people fall off the wagon.
You can eat a Fat Boy. Skinny people eat Fat Boy's too. They just eat one.
Susan
P.S. I wanted to quickly add that I did run and grab my SXinney Mist and sprayed it in my mouth. SXinney Mist cuts off the sugar receptors in your tongue for about 30 minutes after you use it. So, for example, say you really like chocolate (mmmmm.....) and you only want one piece and not the whole bag, simply eat and enjoy your one piece, then spray the SXinney Mist in your mouth. When you go for that second piece, you won't be able to taste sugar, but you'll taste everything else! Eeeewwww! I call it Will Power in a bottle!
Boy have I been there! It is so easy to kick yourself for what you do wrong when actually it was a good thing because you would have sat there and thought about that all day long and ended up eating more than one. Kudos to you Susan, you treated yourself right and that is what makes you successful. Love ya, Julie :)
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