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February 19, 2007

The dangers of overeating

I’m not talking about the excess 60 pounds I’m carrying that puts me at risk of heart disease, cancer, and a plethora of other problems. I’m referring to the immediate dangers such as scalding hot runny cheese.

I ate really crappy this weekend. I had an increased craving for cheese and ate a lot of it. My ambition to go back to being completely vegan was probably the cause of that.

As one of many indulgences, I was eating jalapeño poppers when the incident occurred. How was I supposed to know that they were little replicas of the planet earth, cool on the outside with molten cores?

I had actually heard my husband yelp as he had burned his lip, but I had already started to tear away the breaded crust that was my only shield of defense against the lava cheese. It was less than a second before I felt the searing pain on my chin. Out of mad desperation I used my sleeve to wipe away the cheese. Oil stains on my sleeve and random drips of that and whatever else on my belly complete the picture of a true messy piggy.

Now I’m walking around with my battle scar, a perfect line of raw burnt skin from my lip to the crest of my chin. As if a little one legged man skied out of my mouth off my chin on a ski laced with glass chards.

Have I hit rock bottom?

Posted by hopeful @ February 19, 2007 2:54 PM