A mere 19 days ago Big Daddy gave up potatoes for lent*.  I joined him in the tater free penance and added SUGAR for my own measure.

I thought I would lose TONS of weight.

Yea, still hovering around 159.

I initially wanted to do a full bore sugar fast, but that is hard.  And a little crazy for me.  So I just said no candy, cookies, other sweets, and COKES.

I never realized just how many times a week we eat potatoes until we weren’t.  pork chops= scalloped; meatloaf= mashed; roast beef or chicken = roasted; burgers, brats, beef dips or Italian sausage= fries; steaks= baked; go out to breakfast= home fries/hash browns.  Not to mention the occasional potato chip with lunch.

I also never realized how much of a sweet tooth I actually have.  I KNOW I have a thing about ice cream and Snicker bars, but I never knew I would miss eating sweets so much.  Maybe it’s just knowing I can’t have it, but I am having a hard time.  I have slipped a few times.  Who in their right mind gives up sugar during Peeps season?

One side effect of my Lenten sacrifice is that I am not eating fast food.  Who wants to go to McDonald’s and not have a coke and/or fries?  Don’t say ’salad’- that’s just silly.

However, I am drinking more beer than usual.  Simply because life just sucks.

I think I am going to make my no Cokes (regular and diet)  ’lifestyle’ permanent though.  There’s really nothing good about either of them anyways and I don’t miss it as much as I thought I would.

Maybe I should just give up carbs all together.

Ok, now that’s  just more crazy talk.

*I’m not Catholic, but I play one on TV.