Re: DONUTS

I hear you, Hippie. I thought that might be the case when I posted. I grew up in a 2nd generation immigrant family and the mandate to clean one's plate runs strong in my blood. We even nicknamed my dad the human garbage can because he would finish whatever was on our plates at the end of a meal. The amazing thing is that this man must have the highest metabolism ever, since he remained fit and trim in spite of the fact that it made everyone ELSE ill watching him put away so much food! For myself, I read a helpful book about 10 years ago called "The Weigh Down Diet" and it really went a long way to breaking my addiction to NEVER throwing any food away.

It also helped to take serious notice my parents' obsession with never throwing anything away. They tend to buy for an army, then become angry when it doesn't all get eaten. I don't want to be like that! Let me give you a funny example of something that happened on a family vacation:

It was the last day and we were cleaning up the beach house. I had arisen at about 7 a.m. and eaten a nice breakfast of fried eggs and toast. I then took to cleaning the upstairs bathroom and at about 8:30 (A.M., mind you) I came downstairs to find my older brother (he's over 40 at this point), his wife, and my two children (they were about 6 and 8 I think) eating CAKE and ICE CREAM! I freaked. They said, "Paw-paw gave it to us." No sooner had those words come out of their mouths when I was accosted by my dad, "Eat some cake! Want some ice cream? We need to eat this stuff before we go!" I wanted to vomit. Steaming, I said, "No thanks, I already had my breakfast." Then I proceeded to return to the upstairs to finish my work. It was an eye-opener, and I vowed never to be like that. The next year, my sister and I went through the refrigerator every night when everyone was asleep and slowly threw things away which we knew would otherwise be left on the day we checked out. It worked like a charm! My children know to turn these offers of cake and ice cream in the a.m. down flat now. :^)

Nothing is worth compromising my health - and certainly not some antiquated need to eat every morsel you buy. How about learning to buy in moderation and refuse to be the human garbage can that Deni referred to? Hey, next time, instead of donuts, do something good for your co-workers and bring in a fresh fruit plate. Then if there's any left you can eat it guilt-free! (Assuming you aren't fasting, of course... hehe)

Well, thanks for reading my story. I hope it made you smile. God bless and fast on!!

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