Dieting Predicament!

Yesterday I posted something about not running for quite a while and that I'm going on a diet cos I'm beginning to put on some weight again and that wife was already starting to call me by my old pet name Bulat again. Remember that post? I'm sure you do, it was only yesterday that I posted it.

And you know what? The moment I reached home yesterday, I find out that my darling of a wife decided to cook up an incredible dinner (to me any dinner she makes is incredible). I change into my running gear, walk into the kitchen to get a drink of water before my run like I always do and what do I see on the dining table? I see 5 dishes of mouth watering food! Yes, 5 dishes!

'How in heaven's name am I going to start my diet with food like that, honey?'

The menu she had prepared consisted of Chicken Vindaloo, a dish she's never tried before but take my word for it, the smell alone was enough to die for, then there was my favourite Japanese tofu with mixed veggies, fried papadams with herbs & spices, pickled cucumbers with tomatoes and onions (another of my favourites) and also some chicken nuggets (they actually belonged to my kids ... LOL).


I stood there for a whole minute contemplating on how I am ever going to start my diet and say no to mouth watering food like that. Well, I guess the diet is only going to start tomorrow. It wasn't easy keeping my mind on running cos all through my run yesterday evening, I was salivating over the prospects of dinner ... LOL! And I had to put extra effort in my run to make sure I deserved to have that mouth watering meal later.

Good thing my younger boy decided that today was the day he wanted to start running with me and so after I got back from my usual running route, I took him along for a second session of running around the park near my house. And that little fellow has the makings of a regular runner :) He outran me completely ... hehehe ... Well, if he keeps that up , I'll at least be able to go on my runs with him in the future. Won't be so boring running alone ...

Suffice to say that after the run, I immediately took my bath, harassed my wife (who was busy doing her paid postings) to have an early dinner. And after a meal like that I'm definitely going to have to run all that much longer today just to burn it all off. But what can I say, I'm a sucker for my wife's cooking :)