Saturday, May 15, 2010

I think he's instant oatmeal...

After a long discussion, I feared he was white bread. The addictive poison that leaves you a wreck after you've given in. Satisfying in the moment of binging, driving your blood sugar higher and higher; only to leave you to crash a short time later. You know exactly the situation you'll have on your hands once you've finished it. Discomfort. Puffiness. Low mood. Nothing good. But some how, the baguette often wins out. I was afraid that that was who he was too. Oh so tempting, but full of nothing that would nourish me into a better person.

But that wasn't it. You truly cannot defend white bread. It's a waste of money buying it, a waste of time preparing it, and a waste of calories eating it. He's got something good...but a far cry from steel cut oats.

Steel cut oats. Among the best ways to fuel your body. Fibre, complex carbs, some protein. Throw in flax, chia, blueberries, and protein, you've got yourself the best damn thing to happen to your day. In the beginning, he was steel cut oats, with all the amazing additives. But who isn't in the beginning, right? He seemed to be just what I needed. Intelligence, humour, goals, and a touch of weirdness. The best damn thing to happen to my day.

But no, he wasn't steel cut oats. No one is ever that perfect. But he wasn't white bread either. There was still that underlying goodness of the oats. The fibre, the complex carbs, protein. But with an added 13 grams of sugar that didn't give you any vitamins or extra fibre that would help you get where you wanted to be in the end. Everyone's favourite Maple and Brown Sugar instant oatmeal. Not TOO bad, but quick, easy, and a little sugar high. It was possible to see the relationship would enter into a safe habit, replacing the steel cut oats because of convenience and the little high the sugar gave me. Instant oats can get you close to your ultimate wants, but never get you there. Right now, he's instant oatmeal.

My challenge to anyone who reads this is find your instant oatmeal person. Find out what you can do to change your relationship with them. It may just make them a bowl of steel cut oats, with all the good stuff, one day.

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