Chewing and Spitting

There were the “bad” foods that I considered “off-limits.” Candies, cakes, donuts, cookies, ice cream, white bread, sugared cereals, crackers, juice, soda, smoothies, granola bars, pretzels, brownies, waffles, pancakes, anything rich or carby or satiating. Denying myself these foods was easy for a while; dieting provided intense feelings of power and elation. But I’m going to beat the proverbial dead horse and reiterate what so many of us have already…