Falling off the Wagon … and Getting Back on

This potato wants to make me fat!

I’m not good at cheating. The “all or nothing” aspect of many diets is attractive to me, since I really enjoy getting obsessed with a new idea and going after it 100%. The trouble starts when I make a mistake. One pitfall leads to the complete destruction of my carefully built diet plan.

This time around, I wouldn’t exactly say I’m building in mistakes, but I’m certainly trying to use them as learning experiences.

On Tuesday, a hellish day led to a baked potato. That might not sound so bad, but, I assure you, it was loaded with butter and cheese. Potatoes are a bit of an Achilles Heel for me, whether they’re baked, chipped, or french fried. They immediately become less “root vegetable” and more “vehicle for eating a bottle of ranch dressing.”

The point is, I ate the potato, and three chocolates. And then … I stopped. I picked up drive-thru McDonalds for a friend, but I ate grapes. For the past few days, I’ve been back in the saddle.

So far, this is my greatest victory with Recession Diet. I fell down, but I got back up immediately. The potato death grip loosens as we speak.