My First Time in 5 Months...

Today, I was trying to justify to myself how could do something that I haven't been able to do for over 5 months now. And it wasn't like I couldn't do it during that time period. I most certainly could have. I just chose not to. I saw everyone else doing it. Drew and Will did it. My sister did it. My in-laws did it. But not me. I was the "strong" one and resisted. Or so I thought, until tonight.
I'm talking about none other than eating...

That's correct ladies and gentlemen. Pizza. I have not had a single slice or even a nibble of pizza in over 5 months. But tonight, I did it. I made an educated and planned out decision to eat it. I saved up my calories and enjoyed it!

It wasn't anything fancy. Or from anywhere special. And I could've easily made one at home. But decided that ordering from a local "Take 'N Bake" pizza shoppe would be the easiest and quickest tonight. I ordered the Herb Chicken Mediterranean deLITE Pizza which had all of my favorites...chicken, feta, sundried tomatoes, spinach and garlic. All on a thin crispy crust. And at 180 calories, 9 grams of fat, 15 carbs and 10 grams of protein for EACH slice, it was tasty.

I worked very hard over the past 5 months, I deserved this one piece, right? Well...what about 2 slices, one for me and one for the baby, that's great justification, if I do say so myself. (Or so I told myself as I practically inhaled each slice.)

Did you know that 350 slices of pizza are eaten in America every second? Or that Americans eat about 100 acres of pizza every day? Wow! And I used to be one of those people that would eat pizza a few times at week. Sometimes 3 times. But now after tonight's "pizza-fest," I feel somewhat guilty about it. I feel bloated. And my stomach is a little upset.

It tasted good. But I'm sure it will be a while before I order another one. This bloated feeling makes me a little groggy. Almost like I'm in a pizza coma.

So farewell pizza coma...it's almost my bedtime and you've made me really tired. Go push your slices off on one of the other 310 billion Americans. I won't be seeing you for quite some time.