01/09/2016
steps
2985
water
6
weight
197
When
you start a diet blog, you have to watch who you eat with!
This
morning I got together for breakfast with some old friends, several
of whom have been following my Diet 1 blog.
When
the waitress asked for my order, I started with,
“2
eggs over easy”.
“1
egg”, Tim chimed in before I could finish.
“And
a couple sausage links” I started to add.
“1
sausage” he said, laughing a bit louder.
After
all the laughter died down, I said “no thanks” to home
fries and toast, and then had to repeat “no” several more
times as a waitress, in an effort to make sure I didn't starve to
death, ran down a long list of every condiment and side dish they had
for breakfast, from marmalade to pancakes.
As
the chuckles and jabs moved around the table, I endeavored to live
down the shame of not sticking strictly to my 1 rule, but as I
keep pointing out in this diet blog, we are working with habits.
“2
eggs over easy” is a phrase I've repeated to countless
waitresses over the past 50 years or so. It really didn't have as
much to do with food, as the habit of a repeated phrase.
Also
in the mix was the secondary thought cost. Several years ago,
in an aborted stab at my Diet 1, I ordered 1 egg, 1
sausage, and 1 piece of toast.
I
and the rest of my party were shocked when the check came, and my
plate of 1's cost more than double everyone else's double
amount of food. This is because normally things like 2 eggs,
home fries and toast are the daily special, but my list of single
items were “Ala Cart”, like ordering that 1 extra
item at a meal.
More
about friends and food tomorrow.
1
bite at a time, and 1 day at a time!
KRASH
PlaceMarkBooks.com
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