Yup, you read right. Mom has fallen off the wagon. I keep trying to coax her back on, and she'll ride for half a day or so then she has to get off again.
It all started Friday (Day 13 of The Diet). I was at work; it was about 3:00 pm. The phone rings.
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Mom: Hello?
Laura: Oh, hi Mom.
Mom: I have to tell you something.
Laura: What?
Mom: I ate ice cream for lunch today!
Laura: MOM!
Mom: I couldn't help it! It was my boss's birthday, I just had a little bit.
Laura: Awww Mom.
Mom: I'm quitting my diet.
Laura: WHAT?!
Mom: Let's go out to eat tonight.
Laura: Argh!
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Later that night. We had some doughnuts at the office on Friday, and because the weekend was coming up I had to take the leftover doughnuts home (there were only three left). I asked Mom if we were going out to eat, she said yeah, after Jeopardy was over.
There were a couple minutes left so I went to the bathroom. When I got back, there's half a doughnut on Mom's plate! After some pleading and some threatening facial expressions (and after saying that I'd pay for dinner) she put down the doughnut and we went out to the Triple J.
We're at the restaurant looking at some menus.
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Mom: I'll have the fried cod.
Laura: Mom! You can have baked cod.
Mom: It doesn't say baked cod.
Laura: Yes it does! Look here: breaded and fried or baked.
Mom: (with a sad frown on her face) Oh Laura. I've had only baked and grilled food for two weeks. I can't stand it anymore!
Laura: Mom! You have one more day! Then you can eat things like pears, strawberries and stuff. You don't have to eat baked stuff anymore. Can't you just wait one more day?
Mom: No!
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And that was that. Mom had ice cream and fried cod the day before the end of the first two weeks of her diet. Oh well. It's not like she's quit completely. She still limits her carbohydrate intake. Yesterday, Mom even did that pants thing where she stretched them out in front of her and said "I've lost three inches around my waist!" She's lost about ten pounds, she says that she's plateaued. I kind of want her to get some blood tests to see if her cholesterol is any lower.
I saw her eat corn on the cob today. Oh well.
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