Relationships

We don't have a great relationship, food and me. Okay, maybe that's wrong. We've had a wonderful long lasting relationship going on 17 years now. We have been through it all together- teenage years, job changes, boyfriends, breakups, long distance love, marriage, parenthood... It hasn't been a healthy relationship but when you've known something -- someone -- for a long time, separation is difficult but not impossible.

Whenever you separate from "someone", there is always the awkward decision of who gets to keep which friendship. When I broke up with my last boyfriend (before I met my husband, by the way...), I had to give up the majority of the friends we'd made together because he continued working with them. Do I miss those friendships? Sure, sometimes.

I've asked myself, "what will I miss the most about my new lifestyle?" Here is my list:

-Mexican food... shredded beef anything. Yum!

-Sunday night Tri-tip with my family

-A big bowl of ice cream with hot fudge

-My mom's meatloaf

-Crispy Chicken burger from Red Robin

-A big slab of ribs!

-Chocolate cake

-Western bacon cheeseburger from Carl's Jr

-Subway

And my #1 - Iced white mocha from Starbucks.

It's not like I'll NEVER eat some of these foods again, but most of them are on the "no-no" list forever because of their sugar content. It will be hard at first to survive without "exes", but just like with real "exes", you get over them when you find out that there is someone better for you anyway!