Guilty Thursday

When I first started the iACTw organisation it was with a genuine desire to actually change the world – as my motivation was truly altruistic I had no thought to finances. Naturally it would be a non-profit. In my zealous vision I didn’t quite imagine that all my previously saved profit would be fed into this hungry brain child; non-profit lived up to its name.

And so with reluctance I went back to a job that actually paid me money instead of me paying for the luxury of working there – just a 3 month contract to top up the coffers and rest my frazzled brain. I went back to my roots and became a Marketing Consultant for a luxury 5 star hotel.

Enter the restaurant: free food, daily buffet’s, unlimited menu, non-existent will power.

Now I must explain my admittedly strict attitude towards food – I am a vegetarian, I eat 5 small meals a day, carbohydrates are devil food and anything with a hint of flavour is off the menu. Then I must explain my legendary self-control, I call it such because for something to become legendary it must also be history i.e. in the past.

It is enormously difficult to maintain any kind of discipline when the most delicious food is literally on tap, when you are surrounded by other guests who are eating their cheat meal – yes I try and blend in and pretend I too am a guest enjoying my meal out. The sad truth is that I maintain this ruse daily. I haven’t weighed myself in years, I now have a scale positioned in my office so I may punish my naughty behavior as often as possible.

Clearly something had to be done and true to style I found a solution… (drum rolls)

Morbid Monday: It is ok to eat a large breakfast and dessert at lunch because lets face it Monday sucks and I need the pick-me-up

Work Tuesday: This is a good day for me as I am back into the swing of things, regretting the previous week’s indulgence and so am able to proudly decline any nefarious offers

Guilt-free Wednesday: It is now the middle of the week and so dessert is allowed without any guilt attached

Guilty Thursday: Having fondly remembered the taste of dessert yesterday it is almost impossible to say no to dessert today. I will happily feel guilty about this

Fat Friday: The calories from Monday are starting to show and so the thinking goes something like this… “well if I ate badly the whole week I might as well not worry about today, and it is Friday”

after all… there’s always next week

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