Written by: Ali Herreygers
8/7/2008 12:33 PM

Do you have a food that you continually justify to yourself as being ok to eat? I'm so cynical when I hear women crying over chocolate cravings because I simply cannot understand why it is an issue. You could dangle a chocolate bar under my nose for days and I wouldn't be tempted to touch it. You could melt a full block and pour it all over me and I wouldn't even be tempted for a taste. Thats why I get the urge to just say 'harden up' when I hear someone (mainly women.. I think its an estrogen thing..) crying over chocolate.  However, I have come to realise that I have the same kind of craving and temptation in my life... Japanese chicken curry! If any of you have tried it you'll know what I'm talking about. It's deep fried chicken with heaps of rice, covered in a rich curry sauce. If I even smell the stuff I go mad. I'm not one for indian curries, or spicy food at all. The Japanese curry has a totally different taste.  The problem is, I know that the meal is full of saturated fats and heaps of starchy carbs. I have no idea what's in the sauce, and frankly I don't want to know. I have developed the annoying habbit of justifying this meal probably once every 3 weeks. With the plan I'm following at the moment, it's quite clean, well timed and proportioned appropriately for my needs. As I'm not dieting for a show I get a few 'allowances'. You may have read about the 90% rule. I basically apply this to my meals as a whole over the week, and it turns out that I get about 4 meals off the plan. These meals still have to be reasonable, but its a great way to have a change from the norm. Keeps you sane. An example would be sushi or subway. Fresh, real ingredients, and reasonably lean. I also get one 'cheat meal' a week. This meal is an all out rebellion. A devine gourgefest. It serves its purpose, giving your metabolism a good kick in the A$$ and it does a good job of keeping cravings at bay. HOWEVER, I have been using the deep fried chicken curry as an 'off the plan meal'. I know its too fatty to include it in that category, but I still do it! I'm like my dirty little secret. Loosing control in a fit of passion and then regretting it afterwards.  The leaner and bigger I get the more people I work with and train with come up to me and start to try and justify their lives. The chocolate story is so common (I work in the public service... ), I'm really sick of all those ridiculous excuses. The latest was 'well I didn't have any breakfast'. This was said to me just as I was walking past a colleague around 10am. I just smiled and kept walking, because I really don't care. If you want to eat poorly, fine. Just don't feel you have to justify it to me with insane excuses just because I watch what I eat. Oh my favourite is 'I've tried dieting and it doesn't work for me'. OMG, don't get me started, thats a whole other topic that deserves its own attention.  The bane of my existence... Japanese Curry is my chocolate, and has turned me into a hypocrite. But damn its good.

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