The Food Challenge

No, I'm not going to discuss a challenge that I'm giving myself when it comes to the food I eat...

I mean...I'm CHALLENGED by food!!!

I don't get it!!!

There was an article on Yahoo! today about the 10 "super foods" for weight loss.  In the article it listed certain foods (wild salmon, quinoa, lentils, sweet potatoes, etc.) that are "proven" to help with weight loss for one reason or another. 

This is where they lose me.  Don't just tell me that wild salmon is good because of the Omega-3 fatty acids (or whatever the hell it is that it has that's good)...help me to apply that information to my life!!!

Where does one purchase wild salmon?  Can it be frozen?  How am I to prepare it?  And what the hell is an omega-3 fatty acid???

You can't just tell me that if I want to be skinny I need to eat wild salmon and then leave me hanging!!!!!

I need to live in a world where there is a list of foods that will make me skinny, then another list that tells me the various ways to prepare all the foods that will make me skinny, and yet another list of more "skinny foods" to eat when I get sick of the foods on the first list!

Dare to dream!

On a slightly different "food challenge" note - I feel like I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar today! 

As it so happens, the gym is right next to our favorite pizza place.  I mean, literally right next door.  You could walk out of one, take 2 steps and walk right into the other!

While I was at the gym, working up quite a sweat, Ben called and ordered pizza, then sent me a text asking me to pick it up on my way home.

I didn't see the message until I was out in my car, so I sat there for a minute wondering if I could somehow manage to walk back towards the gym, get in and out of the pizza place, and back into my car with out "Gym Guy" seeing me.  I even considered whether I should drive my car and park a few rows over, to minimize my chances of being caught.

Yes, I'm pathetic.

Long story short - I went into the pizza place (which smelled delightful, by the way), paid for the pizza, wings, and 2 liter of Sierra Mist that Ben had ordered, and as I walked out the door, caught a glimpse of Gym Guy standing there watching me. 

Busted!!!

I didn't make eye contact, but I seriously felt like a kid trying to sneak an extra brownie after dinner, or a teenager getting caught coming in after curfew! 

I can't even begin to imagine what Gym Guy will have to say tomorrow!  At least I can tell him honestly that I only had 2 pieces of pizza!