I love the archetype of the Jedi Knight. Deeply flawed, yet illustrious... noble in thought and deed... but never too far from being seduced by the Dark Side. Sith are just Jedi that got too pissed off one too many times.
Chapter 6: yesterday.
I'm tired and a little behind schedule, so this will be brief. Yesterday was Friday... my Wednesday. My humpday. It's my most challenging day, the day on which I need to focus my Jedi powers most strongly. All of the things that challenge me seem to get together on Fridays and come up with new and exciting ways to piss me off. My usual way of dealing with stress on a Friday level, as I've told you before, is monster fast-food bingeing. If you happen to be driving around on a Friday evening and you see me being led out of the back of an all-you-can-eat buffet in handcuffs, you will know that my inner Jedi didn't show up for work that day.
Yesterday, I made two mistakes and did one thing very right. I think they balance out, and I can consider it a wash... maybe even a victory of sorts. Obi-Wan Manatee was at work, but maybe he was into a crossword and a little distracted.
Mistake number one: I didn't bring enough food to work. I thought that paychecks would be at work when I arrived, and I would have plenty of time to pick up supplies or a couple of meals in the early afternoon... I was wrong. It was a mistake to come unprepared. As a result, I didn't eat often enough during the day. So I was plenty hungry.
Mistake number 2: when I got home, I tore through my food like a ravenous beast, which I was. I don't really remember eating it. The Discovery Channel could have filmed it as part of Shark Week.
Victory: the food I chose to eat yesterday was completely in line with my new plan. It was good food. Last night I destroyed a veggie wrap, a Lean Cuisine and a nonfat yogurt. So! I ate the right stuff in the wrong way.
I'm satisfied with that. I mean, I want to get to a point where (more often than not) I'm able to eat in a healthier manner more often than not, but the choice to eat healthy food was a big step for me. Chalk another one up for the Jedi. Eat lightsaber, you Sith bastard.
Wow. An entire post using Star Wars analogy. Here it is folks, on display for your consideration: my tremendous nerdiness. Enjoy.
May the Force be with you.
Steve "Big Daddy" Hodgson
February the sixth, 2010
296 pounds
I knew I was tired... I wrote "more often than not" twice in a row. Wake up, Writing Jedi! Get off your keister!
ReplyDeletemay the force be with you, Obi-Wan-Edamame.
ReplyDeleteEating the right stuff in the wrong way... I do think that's a victory; perhaps a considerable one. And perhaps it suggests a strategy, as well: when despite your best efforts you can't slay the beast, trick it.
ReplyDelete298, give or take? You are progressing well, Grasshopper.