Sugar Detox: Day 10

Day 10: Oh Wendy, you’re such a tease with your red pigtails and freckles. I hope you’re happy.

The perfect storm.

That’s what today was. Combine every weakness, situation and craving and roll it up into one enchilada of shame and you’ve got a recipe for day 10.

Let’s talk ingredients.

For breakfast, I had four bites of oatmeal. Why only four bites? Because the rest of it ended up on the floor of my car instead of in my stomach. I guess it’s my fault for not putting a top on the oatmeal container when I decided to finish it at work.

For the next eight hours at the station my only sustenance was a bottle of Crystal Light.

I came home from work to find Jack cooking a healthy version of his famous tacos with tons of veggies. Before we could finish making them, we realized we had to be in Las Cruces for a live remote for his radio station sooner than we thought.

So no lunch.

While he was doing his remote, I was outside washing my car for three hours. I made the mistake of not bringing any water with me so by the time I was toweling my car off, it was 5 p.m. and I was not only famished, but I was so thirsty I almost drank water straight out of the garden hose.

Cue the pigtailed she-devil staring me down with her cute freckles and classic logo. She was perfectly positioned on my drive home to tempt me beyond what I could handle.

I caved.

I had a 1/4 lb burgerwith cheese, ketchup and pickles only, five spicy nuggets, and (forgive me) a small Coke.

According to the Wendy’s website, my entire meal was 950 calories. Breaking it all down yields 43 grams of fat, 1980 milligrams of sodium, 102 grams of carbohydrates, and (*drum roll please*) 55 grams of sugar.

Halfway through the meal, I was so happy, I could cry. But each bite of my delicious naughtiness led me to my last sip of soda – and almost crying out of pure shame. Hmmm, were those pigtails or were they horns?

After all was said and done, I felt horrid. Ten days ago, this meal would have satisfied me. Today, I felt so sluggish and bloated I almost wanted to throw up just to feel better.

It was like a bad hangover.

In the grand scheme of calories and sugar, this wasn’t too bad considering it was the only meal I ate all day. In terms of discipline and self-respect, today was a huge disappointment.

Tomorrow will be better. In the meantime, I’m going to go drink as much water as I possibly can before bed.