My Frenemies in Food

so... by now you're all aware that i like food, a lot.  you might also be surprised to learn that in addition to liking eating, i also like drinking.  a whoooole bunch. this shouldn't actually surprise anyone, the two kind of go hand in hand no?

now if i just liked to drink as an accompaniment for food, i'd probably be fine.  however, since i like to drink as accompaniment for, i dunno, life, things can get a little dicey.

bourbon is generally my drink of choice and i'll tell you what, it ain't cheap in the points department.  a healthy pour of bourbon will cost me about 5 points.  just to put that in perspective for you, a 6" turkey sandwich from Subway WITH cheese is 8 points...  you see what i'm getting at?

then there's my other love.  cheese.  cheese and i go waaaay back.  when i was little sometimes i'd sneak into the kitchen in the middle of the night and cut off a hunk of cheddar and eat it in the warm glow of the refrigerator.  my brother and i used to make an after school snack called "hot cheese" which basically involved putting a pile of grated cheese on a plate and microwaving it until it was melted.  sometimes you'd eat it with crackers, sometimes... well, i think you get the idea.

i don't need to insult your intelligence and tell you how cheese is bad for you.  everybody knows.

so what i'm getting at is that i'm doing really well on my journey and i'm happy with the changes i've made, but i'm ready to challenge myself. so this week (well, work week), Monday 12/6 - Friday 12/10, i'm not eating any cheese and i'm not drinking any booze.

this will never be a permanent change for me, that's just not something i'm interested in.  the goal is just to show myself that i can live without these things and maybe once i realize this, i'll stop depending on them so heavily in my everyday eating.

this is maybe not the best challenge for the holiday season but i figure if i can stick to it now, i will certainly have proved something to myself!

in other news, i've lost 28 pounds so far which is sort of incredible if you ask me.  i may or may not have gained a couple pounds over the Thanksgiving weekend (shocking i know), and i set a personal goal of losing those pounds plus a couple this week and i did, because i am awesome.  see you around!

-V