My wife is a hard woman to live with…
I have recounted my battles to get my body back in shape. Last year, I lost 25 pounds. This year is a different story.
So far, I have gained 6-7 pounds. Not all at once, mind you. A little here, a little there.
In the battle of the bulge, I don’t think that my wife is on my side.
Consider the most recent evidence.
I saw a guy with two beautiful, big pieces of pizza at my son’s wrestling tournament yesterday afternoon. However, experience tells me that high school gym pizza generally looks better than it tastes so I decided to wait.
When I got home, I was hungry. I looked at the DiGiorno pizza in the freezer and decided against it. This was going to be my last meal of the day so I wanted to eat a little healthier. So, I heated up a nice bowl of chili and ate what I thought was an early dinner. The earlier that you eat your last meal of the day, the better.
Several hours later, my wife came home from work. What do you think she did? She marched in and heated up the frozen pizza!
I think we have bought frozen pizza maybe three times in our 23 year marriage. There is a reason for that. They aren’t very good. Yet, somehow, my wife was able to cook that pizza just right. The pie was fluffy. The cheese was soft and chewy. And she was obviously enjoying the piece that she was eating.
She brought me a small piece. You might say that is a good thing but you would be wrong!
It was just small enough that it MADE me ask for a second piece. Keep in mind that I already ate my dinner at 4:00.
I didn’t even bother getting on the scale this morning.
I had to take a quick shower before we left for church. It was late so I was planning on skipping breakfast. I thought, “Hey, this is great! I can recover from the last night’s pizza attack. I had already had a big cup of coffee and besides, we are going to eat an Easter dinner this afternoon.”
Imagine my surprise/disappointment when I rushed to the leave the house only to discover that my wife had made me two eggs and two pieces of toast!
Throw in an Easter dinner with the fluffiest shrimp dip that you ever tasted as an appetizer and…
well…
I am at my highest weight of the year!
