I recently started listening to the audio book You on a Diet: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Managemnt by Michael F Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz. Previously, I had listened to another of the authors’ “You series”, You: The Owner’s Manual. It was interesting to listen to but it seemed like their answer to everything was to take another supplement. I do usually take a multi-vitamin and calcium supplement. However, in general I feel that most of my nutrients should be coming from food, not pills. So, I started listening to You on a Diet more for commute entertainment purposes than expecting any great insights into dieting.

Around 4:00 today I started to get hungry. By 5:00, I was starving. I left work and started listening to the audio book as I drove home. It practically drove me insane. The problem is that when you’re hungry, the audio book authors seem to go into excruciating detail describing the foods that people often crave. About mid-way through the drive home I turned off the audio book. I am too suggestible and their descriptions of food were making me so hungry I would have eaten anything edible in the car (fortunately, nothing existed).

I had put a casserole in the oven and set it to time bake before I left the house this morning. So, I was able to eat supper within twenty minutes of getting home. I don’t like to think about what sort of binge I would have gone on if I hadn’t had pre-approved food handy.

I think I’ll probably still finish the audio book but maybe I’ll just listen to it in the mornings when I’m not already feeling famished