Duel Dieting

About a month ago, I decided that I needed to lose some weight and stop spending so much money. In a moment of perceived brilliance, I decided to go on a food diet and a spending diet simultaneously. This turned out to be one of my dumber ideas. And led me to the theory that you can only be on one diet at a time.

A month later, I weigh the same, but the money in my bank account is definitely less. While I didn’t buy anything extravagant, like a diamond tiara (but man that would have been awesome!), all those little purchases add up. The knives I’ve been wanting went on sale so I bought them. More than 50% off, I might add. Then I wanted some new shirts for work. You’d think you wouldn’t want to buy clothes when feeling chubby, but unfortunately life doesn’t work that way. Perhaps the only thing I bought that I really truly did not need was a down vest. But in my defense, while I may already have about 8 of them in my closet, I didn’t have one in this amazing shade of blue!

Having determined my spending diet a complete bust, I reaffirmed myself to the food diet. After getting rid of anything in my kitchen that could possibly be turned into a dessert, at least my pants are fitting better. That being said, I may have had a cookie with lunch today. Okay fine, I might have had two.

The problem with trying to do two diets at once was I did them both half assed. I determined that I could either have a skinny waist or a fat checking account, but it was unlikely that I’d have both at the same time. Somehow when you’re sacrificing in one area of life, you feel the need to splurge in the area. And for some reason, exercise just doesn’t work for me as a splurge.

Having decided that I don’t want to be fat (yeah, yeah, I know I’m not technically fat but “pleasantly plump” isn’t super motivating for weight loss) for my upcoming birthday, I’m recommitting myself to the food diet. I may be cash poor come December, but no amount of money is equal to the feeling of fitting into those skinny jeans.