MOTD - Saturday Jan 4

January 4, 2003

Message of the Day

YOUR KITCHEN IS CALLING

When I was just a precocious kid, my bedroom was next to the kitchen. Do you

think that had anything to do with my weight problem? Anyway, I was 20 feet

away from the fridge. I measured it. If I couldn`t get to sleep, it would

only take seconds to get something to eat. My demon? Sandwiches. How about

you?

Yes, your kitchen is calling you, not to tempt you this time, but to plead

with you to throw out all the fattening stuff and fill it with healthy

stuff. Here`s what I want you to do today. I want you to empty out your

freezer. Take it all out, look at it all, and only put in items that will

help you be healthy. Real ice cream? Out! Pork chops that are now two years

old? Out! The fattening TV dinners? Out!

Look through the fridge. All those high-fat salad dressings? Get rid of them

and substitute oil and an assortment of vinegars like raspberry, rice, wine,

and balsamic. The real butter? Out! Margarine and butter sprays? In! Take

candy bars and snacks out of the crisper, and put in lettuce, tomatoes,

carrots, green beans, spinach – all that rabbit food.

Look in the cupboards. Cream soups and canned pasta entrees must be removed.

Stock up on fat-free chicken broth, vegetable broth, and cans of whole,

skinless, vine tomatoes.

Look around the kitchen. Put that the fryer away! Get rid of all those boxes

of doughnuts and packaged cookies. Are those bags of potato chips on top of

the fridge? Get rid of them! What cereal are you eating these days? Open up

and look. Fruit Loops? Frosted flakes? Or almond, coconut, dried apricots,

chocolate chip, and sugarcoated raisins granola? Off with their box tops!

Food that has already been opened has to be thrown out. Canned goods that

you won`t use anymore should be taken to a church or homeless shelter. It`s

not a waste of money giving them away. You`ll be doing yourself a favor and

helping others at the same time!

Don`t put off this major job. Only when it`s done will you feel more

confident to enter your kitchen that is there to keep you on program. Wait!

Do you hear that? I think I hear the pots and pans applauding!

Love,

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