Greedy

Posted by Joy M at 1/16/2007 9:23 PM
Categories: Motivation

If you’re wondering how I did at dinner last night, you’ll be disappointed to know that my meal was just too much.

As I ate my third roll last night, I figured out the problem with most diet plans, even Oprah’s Best Life diet. They don’t account for the fact that you can sometimes simply be greedy. The bread was good, very good. I’m not really a bread eater and definitely not a white bread eater. However, my friend told me how good this bread was and I had to find out for myself. My intention was to have one piece. Simply by looking at it I could see that there was enough butter to oil my entire body, but I did not restrain myself and I added the flavored butter to the bread. It tasted even better. After the first piece was gone, I wanted another. I liked the taste and I got more and added butter with each and every roll.


Since I had just finished watching Oprah and Bob Greene tell me what to eat and I had figured out my own plan, I was sure that dinner would be a great healthful meal. The bread was calling my name and I gave in without the slightest fight. This is simply greed. Nothing tragic was going on in my life. I wasn’t medicating myself to hide from some other problem. The bread was good and I wanted it every bit of it. The good thing is that I didn’t eat a fourth piece. I stared at that last piece of bread as I ate my salmon and veggies. The main course part of my meal was much more aligned with the plan. I can plan a good meal and get it in front of me even if someone else prepares it. The thing I have to be careful about is excess. Excess comes about for my desire for immediate gratification. In that moment, the bread was good. It was really was good and loosing a single once was a distant thing that suddenly wasn’t a priority.


I know this is an issue. This is why I’m better off not buying more than one serving of ice cream at a time. If I have an entire half gallon, I’ll eat it. If there is a sale and I buy two half gallons, I’ll eat them both. Now that the bread is gone, I need to make today better. Forget the guilt, it doesn’t do anything good but keep me in a bad place. Today, I’ve done much better. I ate a modest breakfast. At lunch I only had half and save the rest for dinner. Now, I’m getting ready to exercise. I haven’t been excessive today, unless I think of taking care of myself as a greedy act. If it is, it is the greed to have.

 

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