In Chips and Salsa I mentioned starting a diet. Today was day one and it is all about eating, and by eating I mean eating a lot. Strange thing for a diet right? Well, the first two days of this diet consist of eating like a pig and packing in lots and lots of calories. Doing well on these two days helps the rest of the diet. The challenge I am having today is that most of my eating habits changed fairly dramatically from the first time I did this diet back in July. That has been a good thing as I kept off all the weight I lost the first time plus took off an additional 20 lbs with the improved eating habits and regular exercise. I am still not to my goal weight and have hit a plateau for some time now so we are going to try and jump start it again and see if we can't take off another 30 lbs over the next couple of months. That would get me back to the weight I was when I came home from my mission.
Anyhow, you would not think that it could be so painful to eat all you want of whatever you want and then eat more but it is. It becomes difficult to keep packing in the calories. For breakfast I had a piece of pistachio cream pie (my own creation yesterday, unfortunately it is sugar free and that hurts the calorie count but oh well)and 3 poached eggs with melted cheese and salsa. I threw in a couple of pepper jack cheese sticks (can't have them starting Wednesday so I need to eliminate them from the house) as a snack. I had a couple of chocolates at the little brick house just for calories. After dropping Andy off at school I stopped back by the house for some lunch and packed in another slice of pie, more cheese, some mixed nuts, a corn dog, chips and salsa. After I picked up Andy from school I dropped him off at Jay and Sara's and stopped back by my house for more food. I had some split pea soup, a bag of popcorn, a bowl of ice cream and I seriously felt like I was ready to vomit. An hour and a half later I picked up the kids from Jay and Sara's and Jack proudly showed me a sticker on his shirt about it being South Elementary night at McDonald's. Perfect. There are some calories there for sure so we went to support the school. I packed in a double quarter pounder with cheese, fries and a drink. Because that simply wasn't enough food for one day I polished off the rest of Andy's cheeseburger and I had another scoop of ice cream with melted peanut butter on top at home. Right now I am partaking of sun flower seeds. The thought of eating makes me nauseous. Tomorrow is a brand new day and I need to further pack in the calories. I think perhaps I will drink a bottle of Caro syrup and call it a day. No, there needs to be pizza, maybe tacos, perhaps another big nasty burger. Maybe a pizza buffet would be good. Ooohhh, Godfather's Pizza buffet with the taco pizza. Too bad there isn't one of those in town. My stomach has been suffering all day. I don't know if I will make it tomorrow. Who am I kidding? I am getting donuts in the morning and going for it. I make French Toast for the kids all the time and never have it because I rarely eat bread any longer. Maybe I need to splurge with some of that in the morning. The possibilities are endless, at least until the end of tomorrow anyway.
So I am not a crowd guy and I am not a big McDonald's fan anyway so when we pulled up and the line was out the door I thought there was no way I would stand in that kind of a line for that kind of food. I was obviously mistaken. We stayed. The kids went and hit the play place and fortunately Jay and Sara were also there and so we stood in line together. Then Sara told me they were treating us and that was splendid. Much thanks for that special treat tonight Sara. Thank you for contributing not only to South Elementary but also to the John Fontano Diet Foundation.
I thought the kids hit the play place. Turns out 2 of my 3 did and the other was sitting at a table in the restaurant talking to a friend. That would be Jack. Yup, there he was just shooting the breeze with this lady. Well, it turned out her son Hayden is in his class and she goes in and heps occasionally so Jack knows her. She was super and just listened to Jack talk, let him play with her earings and put his hand on her face and do all the things that Jack likes to do. Fortunately he did not put his hand down her shirt as that is one of his favorite past times and I don't think he got really close and sniffed her but I was in line for quite a while so he may actually have done that. Anyhow, she mentioned how much she enjoyed Jack. A little later there was another family sitting at another one of the tables near us. Their little girl Hannah is also in Jacks class. This is one of Jack's best friends. Anyhow, I didn't know it was Hannah sitting near us and then her mom was going to get something, stopped at the table and proceeded to tell me just how much she loves Jack. She said she reads with him every friday and loves him.
There is no doubt in my mind that there are moments when Jack is an extremely challenging boy. I live with him, I know these things. There is also no doubt in my mind that Jack is an extremely sensitive and loving boy. There are times like yesterday in church when he just needs to have his hands on your face or his face on your face. I don't know what that communicates to his mind but it is significant to him and it is part of his tender and loving personality. I am grateful for his heart. It is pure. Those that know him, not just surface know him or know of him but really know him, they experience that and they know. I was always a shy kid but Jack is not shy at all. He amazes me with his ability to sit and make a new friend and carry on a conversation with anyone. "Hi I Jack what's your name?" or "What's your name? My names Jack." Everytime we go through the check out at the store he asks the clerk one of these questions and then proceeds to talk about anything. Here is what I find everytime, a smile on the clerks face. I love that about Jack. I also love that Andy follows right a long in his foot steps. Natty Sue is a little more reserved like her father but these boys are not afraid to talk to anyone.
I don't mean to exclude Natty and Andy from the conversation and apologize if it seems I focus so much more on Jack. Natty is a tremendous sister and she does extremely nice things for Jack like collecting him from his class each day at school and walking him home. She also labors much for Jack on the Wii as he really likes to watch her play. He doesn't like to play as much himself as he likes watching her. She doesn't seem to mind that role too much. She is a good girl and tries so hard to be be a friend to everyone. I am grateful for her. I have spoken quite a bit about Andy recently. He is a great little boy and I am also quite grateful for him. I love these kids and feel very fortunate to have them with me each day.
So let me go back to McDonalds briefly and the ultimate calorie burger/sandwich. There was a family sitting to the right of me that consisted of two teenage boys. They were some serious dollarmenuairs ordering multiple sandwiches. One had two McDouble cheeseburger sandwiches in the middle of two McChicken sandwhiches. It wa quite impressive and I am sure it was fully loaded with all of the finest quality calories.
Anyhow, happy eating. I wish me all the best in my endeavors for food tomorrow and expect a good food report.
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