Day 5 - Remission: Confessions of a Foodie

Hello...my name is Shina and I am addicted to eating out! Seriously, I am about to go crazy! Today is day 5 of my self imposed, No Eating Out Challenge and I feeeeeling the pain. Fridays are usually my splurge eat out days, but I left home with a packed lunch and a made up mind about sticking to my guns and not eating out, so take that "Splurge Friday"!


I didn't have breakfast this morning, just a cup of office coffee, so lunchtime was looking pretty good to me and my tummy until I heard, "Shina, do you want something from Ralph and Kacoo's?" Dun, dun, duuuuuun! I had been slapped in the faced with temptation...but as I sat there salivating and thinking, thinking and salivating...I thought about how much time and effort I'd devoted into completing the challenge, so I reluctantly replied "No" and went back to salivating.


By now, I'm starving, I had Ralph's on my mind, but leftovers it was! Here's a pic:

(chicken taco, chips and salsa)

I reluctantly finished almost every bite and it wasn't that the food wasn't tasty, it's just that it was NOT what I wanted. So as I sat there full, but not satisfied, I had made up in my mind that I was fed up (literally and figuratively), I wanted/needed take out.

I feel bad for thinking about cheating and I've semi talked myself out f it but now my dilemma is dinner. I've got to come up with a meal that will wow my taste buds like take out does. That brings on the next dilemma, cooking!! I am beat, I'm tired of the kitchen, pots and pans and the whole shebang. I miss my plastic utensils and styrofoam to go boxes. What is an addict to do? Give up on the challenge or tough it out? Sigh...stay tuned.

ttfn