One Thing I Learned During a Labor Day Holiday in New York City

Tomorrow evening I will gladly post last week's overdue "Five Things Learned..." column, but I leave you this evening with a critical life lesson learned this very Labor Day Monday.

Never, ever, ever (EVER!) eat more than one FiberOne Oats & Chocolate chewy bar in a single day. (Or any FiberOne chewy bar flavor, for that matter. I just happen to prefer Oats & Chocolate.) For the first time since beginning Weight Watchers eight and a half months ago, I decided to eat two bars in one day. Why would I think this would be acceptable, when deep down inside I had vowed never to do such a horrible thing to my temple of a body I have worked so hard to create?

Poor planning. Extreme hunger. Incredible desperation. Two bars within arm's reach. Hours apart, yes, but not noticed when churning in my stomach. My dinner at Outback with a friend from college may have been the catalyst to the commencement of my intense stomach pain. By the time I left the restaurant at 9:00 tonight, I was barely able to walk. I felt as if I had appendicitis in every quadrant of my body. I could not make the agony dissipate, and was considering an emergency lobotomy to sever the nerves in my brain that control pain like I was experiencing.

FiberOne bar + FiberOne bar = an inner struggle like nothing documented in our country's fine history.

I am relieved to say I have since recovered from my fiber overdose, but know that I felt less weary after three consecutive nights of binge drinking in college than I do right now.

Please take this lesson to heart and stomach and enjoy the remaining minutes of your holiday weekend.

- Elyssa

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