The Cookie

Why is it that whenever you decide to place yourself on a "health" diet you crave things you wouldn't necessarily eat on an average day? For months I have been eating what I consider to be normal meals. To lose a little extra weight I decided to cut some of the carbs out of my diet (chips, crackers, chocolate, etc.). Now that is all I can think about. I actually skipped out on half of my dinner just to eat chocolate chip cookies.

Am I really that weak? I know that it is all in my head, yet, I still can't control the urge. I've come to a resolution. Throw the damn things away. If they aren't around then I won't eat them. Right? So perhaps that solves the cookie problem. Then there are the other carbs. Everything I love has carbs. Even though I am not a vegetarian, I do have a problem eating most meat after reading some choice books (Diet for a New America and Fastfood Nation) I enjoy eating bread, vegetables and some fruits ... all of which contain carbs. The point being, what do you replace your carbs with? To start I would replace chips with fruit ... I miss out on the fat but there is still the lingering problem of carbs and calories. Not every snack can consist of nuts! (The kind you eat ... not the other.)

So what does that leave me with? Salads for the rest of my life? Carbs are a natural substance which the human body craves to make energy. I work out at least 3 times a week plus I strength train. Without my carbs I would be a walking mass of anger. Even though celebs such as Jennifer Aniston claim that diets like The Zone are a way of life, I can't find way to make them work. Most are too complicated and require measuring ounces of food. You must have x ounces of protein in this meal. Don't go over x ounces of carbs in that meal. Who has the time?

Until I can figure it out ... anyone have milk?