Advertisers know i am on a diet, i don't know how they found out but they know, i know they know and once i have finished todays blog they will know i know they know...
I am not paranoid either, food adverts are all over my daily life all of a sudden, huge billboards are starting to appear like shining gateways of joy on my route to work, big juicy burgers with fresh lettuce and gleaming tomato slices jump out at me from every advertising hoarding, vans and trucks drive along side me tempting me with crisps, fizzy drinks and chocolates, the advertisers have even stooped as low as putting sign toting people on street corners with pointy arrows to guide me to fast food relief.
And it is not just in the real world either, the virtual world online is stalking my every move, when i check my gmail i have to make a choice of reading my inbox or salivating over a banner ad for fish and chips, i read the daily news which is super imposed over and next to the latest sweet pastry based combination that shouldn't work but it does fad (fish paste stuffed eclairs anyone?).
Even social media is out to get me, my buzzfeed is littered with posts such as 'top 10 things to do with chocolate' or 'pies to try before you die', facebook keeps suggesting fine dining restaurants to me and twitter's latest campaign is directed at promoting the latest food blog account.
It's a minefield out there for us food addicts, any dieter who can resist the natural urges to fall to their knees, stuffing a sausage roll into their mouth whilst screaming 'I can't take it anymore, you win, what is the point of trying' is a saintly hero in my books, but i keep resisting the cravings, i will get through this, yes the fish and chips in the ad look like the creation of a master chef or the cheeseburger has award winning looks but at the end of the day in reality the fish will be full of bones, the batter will fall off, the chips will be greasy and over salted and the burger will look like it has been sat on for an hour so right now i would rather eat something a bit more appealing.
Like yesterdays meals which were as follows:
Breakfast: Strawberry smoothie with granola.
Mid morning snack: Biltong plus a pear.
Lunch: Low GI mushroom, pepper & cheese macaroni plus a handfull of trail mix.
Afternoon snack: Apple at 3pm, single slice peanut butter sandwich at 5pm.
Dinner: Peanut satay chicken with oriental stir fry.
Dessert: Caramel swirl cheesecake.
Drinks: 3.5 litres of water, 2 coffees and 1 green tea.
Total calories: 1872 calories
"WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!!!!"
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