Food Diary #5 – Remove All Temptations From Thine Eyes October 28, 2007

Never EVER watch photos of gourmet food while you are on a diet. It is a precursor of sin.
 
My dad, who lives in France and is training to be a chef, sent me photos of his work today. Being on a bird diet (I guess I can’t be eating like a bird because I eat meat), I found myself drooling like a dog in front of a juicy steak at the sight of them. By the end of the tastebud-teasing session, I rushed over to the kitchen and helped myself to some Eddy’s churned butter pecan ice cream – the closest I had at home to whatever fancy dessert with an ice cream scoop I saw on one of the pictures.
 
Now, I’m doubling over in pain because my belly didn’t take too well to the unexpected (and unwelcome) intruder. Sin never comes without punishment. This is what I get for adding an extra 120 calories (not to mention sugars) to my diet for no good reason other than the fact that I couldn’t eat what was on my screen. In less than an hour I should expect to be sitting on the toilet polluting my lungs. Bravo.
 
I wrote to my father and asked him not to send me pictures of his mouth-watering dishes again, not while I’m just getting started on this diet, not while my weight still hasn’t budged a pound despite of all my earnest efforts. He’s supposed to visit for Christmas, though, and I’m planning to take TWO FULL WEEKS OFF from The Diet in order to fully revel in the pleasures of gourmet French cuisine and let my taste buds celebrate the year’s end.
 
Until then my eyes are blind to any gourmet food pictures that may come my way.