In the movie Dodgeball, Ben Stiller's character White Goodman is a successful entrepreneur who owns a chain of gymnasiums. He is super-fit, although over the course of the movie we learn he was once a compulsive over-eater. At the end of the movie, he is devastated and humiliated by losing the dodgeball championship in Las Vegas. In one of the last scenes we see White alone in a room, eating wildly and watching TV. He is massively overweight and clearly out of control. Because it is a comedy and his character has been the obnoxious bad guy, we laugh.
However, there is more than a grain of truth in the scene, that we emotional eaters all recognize. And it strikes fear into our hearts, that we too, will someday suffer a devastating emotional blow and will turn once again to food and over-eating for solace. This week I flew on a plane beside a woman who had had her career in the military. She told me that she was pulled out of a meeting five minutes before the plane flew into that part of the Pentagon on September 11th. She went to 17 funerals of personal friends who were lost that day. She said she had survivor's guilt for the next three years, and I am sure she still thinks about it every day.
The truth is that none of us knows what is going to happen in the future or how or what we will have to do to deal with it. The most I can do is control what I can control now, and hopefully in the process establish some strong patterns that help carry me through when I have to confront more difficult times, which will inevitably occur. Until then, all I can do is continue to dip, duck, dive and dodge.
Consumption:
Honey Nut Cheerios and Bran Chex cereal with skim milk
Two and half biscuits with honey and butter
One piece of bacon
String cheese
Salami
Havarti cheese with crackers
Caesar salad with grilled chicken
one beer
10 fries
One chicken strip
Exercise:
One hour of yoga
However, there is more than a grain of truth in the scene, that we emotional eaters all recognize. And it strikes fear into our hearts, that we too, will someday suffer a devastating emotional blow and will turn once again to food and over-eating for solace. This week I flew on a plane beside a woman who had had her career in the military. She told me that she was pulled out of a meeting five minutes before the plane flew into that part of the Pentagon on September 11th. She went to 17 funerals of personal friends who were lost that day. She said she had survivor's guilt for the next three years, and I am sure she still thinks about it every day.
The truth is that none of us knows what is going to happen in the future or how or what we will have to do to deal with it. The most I can do is control what I can control now, and hopefully in the process establish some strong patterns that help carry me through when I have to confront more difficult times, which will inevitably occur. Until then, all I can do is continue to dip, duck, dive and dodge.
Consumption:
Honey Nut Cheerios and Bran Chex cereal with skim milk
Two and half biscuits with honey and butter
One piece of bacon
String cheese
Salami
Havarti cheese with crackers
Caesar salad with grilled chicken
one beer
10 fries
One chicken strip
Exercise:
One hour of yoga
My Fitness Pal calculated the exercise gave me 236 extra calories to
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