please sir, no more

I have had oatmeal for breakfast for the past four days. It is good oatmeal, but I now look on it as gruel. The oatmeal is leftover from Mother's Day breakfast. It is a great recipe that my sister shared. Apples (my fav) cranberries, walnuts, brown sugar - oh my! But now, I am done with it.

But, I still have 1/2 a container of it left. I brought it to work (because that is where I eat breakfast) and I think my co-workers actually think it is gruel. I was a freak of nature to them when I was on the Skinny Bitch diet, now it is even worse.

Pleas sir, no more oatmeal. Give me my apples and earl grey back. No more healthy fibrous breakfast meals.

appleholic?

My name is Al, and I am an appleholic.

In January I went on the Skinny Bitch Diet. It consisted of eating not much more than fruit, veggies, tofu, and water. It worked, I lost weight. But I also developed and unhealthy obsession with apples. If I could follow the trail of Johnny Appleseed and eat from each apple tree he planted, I would. I am eating an apple right now.

Why am I eating an apple?
I was hungry, but it is too early for dinner and second lunches are frowned upon at work.

How do I know I have a problem?
My computer screen has specks on it where the juice of an apple has squirted out. My keyboard keys sometimes stick because they are caked with dried apple juice from my fingers. Also, I have been known to have a half eaten apple in my mouth like a roasting pig for up to 5 minutes while I type an email.

So, how many is too many?
From those who I have talked to about this the answer is 4. 1 apple a day will keep the doctor away, but 4 will have your friends calling a different doctor for you.

In the time it took me to write this post, I have eaten two apples. My first two of the day. I just need to take this one day at a time.