The Need For Chocolate Is Strong Within Me
July 20, 2006
In the past three hours I have chewed fourteen sticks of gum in an effort to curb my appetite. It is out of control: my stomach has demanded to be fed no less than every six minutes, hastily reminding me with a slow grrrruuuullllggghhphhb that it is still waiting.
I've fed it already, but it won't stop. The hole in the lining of my stomach is dropping all my food down both legs, I'm only now realizing why my thighs are so chunky.
I'm trying to combat the urge to take a walk to the vending machine, not because I'm THAT lazy: I'll walk just about anywhere for some chocolate, but because I know that anything I buy will end up shoved down my throat and swallowed in less than eight seconds, and I'll still be hungry afterward, so what's the point in wasting my 60 cents?
If I want to satisfy this urge, I might as well go to Costco and buy a concession-stand size box of Snickers for $5.99. At least then the chocolate would last a minute and eight seconds.
Comments
What's even more naughty for me are Lindt truffles. When I get the chocolate craving badly.. I HAVE to have some. (I believe you are on to something, maybe this is part of why my thighs dance to their own beat when I walk..)
Posted by: Julianna | July 20, 2006 05:48 PM
Oh I've been like that all day today. And in an attempt to not have any chocolate, it seems I've eaten three pieces of coffee cake and half a bag of popcorn. I should have just eaten the candy bar.
Posted by: Jayleigh | July 20, 2006 10:32 PM
Three words: Hershey's Special Dark.
That is all.
Posted by: Lawyerish | July 21, 2006 08:24 AM
Ummm... lawyerish... that used to be my nickname - Special Dark...
Anywho...
I am dieting too and everything sounds so stinking good! The great thing about South Beach is that it forces you to say no to certain types of food and YES to lots of others. So if you are hungry, you can always eat a block of cheese... which may constipate you, but if you imagine really hard it is can be as satisfying as chocolate... okay, not really... Hang in there jes!
Posted by: eddo | July 21, 2006 09:02 AM
It's ok. I just realized last night that I ate all the chocolate that we bought at Trader Joe's on Saturday.
FIVE BARS OF CHOCOLATE. I ATE ALL OF THEM. And then I went to a movie and ate a bag of popcorn with butter. So I'm beating you at chunkiness. You know, if we were competing.
Posted by: Emily | July 21, 2006 10:30 AM
A girl in my office keeps bite sized chocolate in her cube. ALL THE TIME! It's so tempting.
If I need a piece... I go and get one... but only ONE. If I want another (which I always do) I make myself walk all the way back to her cube for it. After three or four peices I'm usually annoyed with having to walk all the way to her cube. So I stop. YAY!
Although some days I walk back and forth 10 or 12 times... at least the walk there and back is SOME exercies. right?
Posted by: Courtney | July 21, 2006 11:31 AM
I agree with Lawyerish!!!
Posted by: Jayleigh | July 22, 2006 07:55 AM
mmmmmmm Snickers!!! My stomach also drops into my thighs. There's even many, many convenient little divets and dent and bulges for the pieces to snuggle in even deeper.
Posted by: girl from florida | July 23, 2006 01:19 PM