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I'm the wide receiver in my own Chili Bowl -- Week 4, Day 5
Published: 1/29/2010 5:21 PM
Last Modified: 1/29/2010 5:21 PM

One of my minor (perhaps only) saving graces was that I didn't lick the bowl. Not that the thought didn't cross my mind ...

I was THIS CLOSE -- eyes squinting through fingers practically pinched together -- at saying, "It's snowing, no need to blog."

But I was merely using the snow (pretty by the way, thanks God) as a lame excuse to not confess what happened last night.

Thursday started out great. Had my usual scrambled egg whites with spinach and feta crumbles, plus some oatmeal with blueberries -- quite filling. Later for lunch, I had grilled salmon and long grain rice with red bell pepper -- cooked it myself, thanks. Afternoon snack? Orange. Color me healthy.

Post-work, after spending half an hour trying to defrost my car, I ran an errand and went home to change before going to Lord V's for our weekly movie night -- changed, and had a serving of lentils. That's it. At which point some robot shoulda come out waving its arms, screaming, "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!!!" or something equally alarming with multiple exclamation points -- and preferably my name.

But oh, no, I go to Lord V's and have a MASSIVE bowl of his fabulous chili -- the foundation of which was a sizeable handful of Frito corn chips, over which I sprinkled a bit more than the 1/4 cup serving (more like 1/2 cup) shredded Cheddar cheese.

But wait, there's more! I baked a chocolate cake from scratch while I was there, hoping that weird sensation that some baker-type friends talk about would happen to me. You know, that whole "Oh, I bake such-and-such so much, I just can't bring myself to eat any." Whatever, Mary. Apparently, I don't bake anything enough to keep me from eating it afterward, because I sho nuff had a piece of cake, plus one scoop of ice cream.

Granted, in the falsely halcyon non-salad days when I weighed 240, even 250 pounds, I could eat HALF a cake plus several scoops of ice cream, and that was generally after eating a whole pizza. Ugh ... The thought of that just made me nauseated. But I divulge that to say it coulda been worse.

Still, I served my penance this morning at the gym, with a half hour on the elliptical and 40 minutes on the treadmill. Hopefully, that melted off 1/3 of last night's caloric catastrophe.

OK, have one more story to write, then I'm out to brave the elements. Be safe building your snow men/women.

Peace, love and chili bowls ... xoxo

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