I had a donut yesterday.

Donuts are bad on three fronts: carbs (simple ones at that), wheat, and veggie oils. Definitely the sort of crap I shouldn’t even be near.

I was talking with my boss, with whom I’m planning to do contract work next year, when the donuts showed up. I felt like Marshall in this week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother: eat the donut with the boss to get on his good side.

I guess mostly I’m posting about it to reinforce (to myself) not to do that kind of thing next time. I avoided eating a bun with my burger today (and nearly always); and I’ve skipped the kolaches and donuts at the office before. I think writing goals down makes them more real. It’s like hearing something three times.

It also got me thinking about cheating in the mornings. It’s possibly the worst time to cheat; consuming carbs shuts down fat burning, and I’ve got the whole-body fat-burning thing going after an overnight fast. Skipping breakfast extends the fast, while a zero-carb breakfast would at least maintain fat burning. If I get some carbs with lunch an afternoon cheat would turn straight into fat, but a morning cheat means I’m not burning fat and lunch now has a good chance of being ’stored for future use’ too.

So, no more donuts. Not gonna happen.

thread title courtesy of morrisey and marr