Food Porn

I was introduced to the concept of food porn a number of years ago on a weight loss forum called "bootcamp buddies." The premise of bootcamp buddies is to follow the weight watchers program as perfectly as possible. That is to say, not only count points, but journal them, eat the appropriate amount of veggies and calcium, drink the suggested amount of water.....you get the picture.

One of the things I loved about bootcamp buddies was their no-nonsense approach to whining. It was not tolerated. Another thing that is not tolerated is food porn. Food porn is basically the indepth description of food that a good bootcamp buddy would never eat. This description was typically wrapped in a whiny forum post about how sad the offender was for eating the deep fat fried twinkie, or the three happy meals, or the vat of Cap'n Crunch. Addiction counselors might call this type of description as a "trigger"...something that can set of addictive behaviors.

Well, today I came across the mother of all food porn sites - www.thisiswhyyouarefat.com It is a pictoral homage to the age old question of "how did I let myself get this way." As I looked through it, I was repulsed and fascinated at the same time. Sure, I could pat myself on the back because I had never eaten a deep fried chicken patty on a bun that consisted of two jelly filled krispy kremes (I kid you not, it is there). But any of us that is more than a little overweight surely have our own version of food porn. I already divulged my sordid affair with the good Cap'n in a previous post.

During dinner tonight I ruminated a bit about how I got to the place I am on the scale. Sure, there was the three kids, the quitting smoking, the fact that my throid stopped working for a time....all true. But even more true is (was) my willingness to not only enjoy looking at food porn, but devouring it, and in massive quantities. I have seen the enemy, and it is not the deep fried oreos on a stick....it is I.

Food
Breakfast
WW Bagel
veggie cream cheese

Lunch
Hu Hot (gotta love a place that has sooooo many veggies!)

Supper
Mahi Mahi
rice pilaf
mixed veggies & asparagus
salad with light french and light ranch

Exercise
I took the day off

GMMR
Tommorow I am going camping with my family. It will be the first time we have done this. My brother and sister in law got a camper and a boat, so we are going to go hang with them. It is these situations where I freak out a little because my brain seems to believe that I am giving up all control. I don't know what percentage of fat the burgers will be, I don't know what they have planned for breakfast, I don't know what food porn might be strewn throughout the camp site. I don't know. And I am going to just have to be ok with that. I will let you know on Sunday how that goes.

TTFN