I have definitely busted through my set point. I’ve often written in this blog of the concept of ‘cheat’ days. These are days when you just drop the whole losing weight thing altogether and just enjoy yourself. There appears to be something to it, since I generally notice weight loss when used judiciously. Plus, there was no way I was passing up the tantalizing temptation of tiramisu. It’s one of my all time favorite desserts!
And, it’s noteworthy, that tiramisu was an apt substitution for the free flowing beer. Despite the stifling heat and the temptation of drowning that in ice cold IPA, I managed to stick with cucumber water quite successfully. Not beer, but at least the tiramisu scratched the itch.
Zero ; Triple ; M: 91 ; C: 54 ; P/U: 50 ; W : rest
Health R.O.S.
- Weight: 214.9
- BMI: 29.1
- Fat %: 22.3
In life, temptation abounds and we must learn to resist it. Take yesterday afternoon, pre-party. I was tasked with taking my middle daughter and her friend thrifting. Somewhere between one thrifting stop and the next, the girls wanted to grab lunch (without me in tow, of course), so I let them run off to the food court while I grabbed a seat at Lucille’s BBQ.
Same stifling hot day as the birthday to follow, bar full of cold beer flowing in pints and pitchers. I mean, who doesn’t enjoy an ice cold brewsky on a 100 degree + broiler of a day? Especially when beer seems to literally be at every turn! Yet, there and then I confronted and stared down temptation once more. Me two, beer zero.
I can resist anything except temptation.
– Oscar Wilde
Honestly though, the desire to drink is generally diminishing with each passing day. I’ve drank (albeit binge drinking) only on one of the past 16 nights. I admit, that’s far from perfect, but it’s a dramatic improvement over my covid fueled binge drinking five+ nights a week, coupled with a healthy dose of marijuana cherry on top. And toss in a few hangover recovery days every week for good measure!
Step by step, I’ll get there.
Today, my intention is a ‘Quartet +’ since there will be no birthday tiramisu conspiring additional temptation. Though, who knows, maybe I’d lose more weight if I ate more tiramisu. Doubtful, but very tempting!
