Well, I'm 5 days into my modified liquid diet now and I'm still alive. Despite my prediction I would die without diet coke every day of my life, I've managed NOT to have one for 4 of the last 5 days. That's a significant accomplishment. I also have another small victory I would like to report.
This past weekend was the Cotton Pickin' Fair in Gay, Georgia. Yes, Georgia natives, and those who are transplants, there is a city in Georgia called Gay and yes, most of the folks are happy and heterosexual. I used to call it the Gay Fair but whenever I'd ask a friend to go with me, I'd get strange looks. Even stranger looks from my kids. When I asked Andrew about going to the Cotton Pickin' Fair he said he "didn't want to pick any cotton". Duh, it's a craft fair. That was a stupid comment from me, because that was the same as calling it a gay fair, he wasn't interested. Fortunately AMS was interested and we met there.
As I approached the fair I sat in traffic for 1.5 hours and went 2 miles. Good grief. After parking (which was at least free) I walked and met AMS and her boyfriend (our pack mule) at the gate. I could already smell the food. This was going to be hard. Bloomin' Onions, cotton candy, grilled corn, BBQ, corn dogs, well you get the picture. Then there were even vendors selling fudge, nuts, spices, etc. and of course they all had "free samples". I am happy to report I resisted all the temptation and had NONE of the samples, no corn dog and for my meal that day I had the BBQ plate which was a scoop of delicious smokey pulled pork and some Brunswick stew. I even drank water - no diet coke.
So yes, I can do this. I don't have to eat everything available and I can survive on water. If it's cold enough, I can even drink it happily.
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