April 7, 2013

April 7, 2013 — Berry Dakara

7am: Time to step on the scale. I ALWAYS check my weight first thing in the morning. That way I can keep track of when I’m on or off-track. *steps on* Hmm, not good. Wait, let me step off and step back on… *steps off, steps back on* FUDGE MUFFIN, DEFINITELY NOT GOOD! Too much rice yesterday. I knew I shouldn’t have gotten that TFC buristo. Fine, I’ll make it up today and eat like a bird.

7:45am: Uh oh, what’s that? First pang of hunger? Oh no, this doesn’t bode well for me. Well, I’ll wait it out until lunch time. Thank God there’s Bible study AND church service to keep me distracted.

9:00am: Well, I’ll just have a cracker and tea (with BROWN sugar). Yes, I’m sticking to eating like a bird. YAY ME!

9:55am: Blurry heck! Why did I choose to walk by the breakfast buffet to the church service? I’m hungry :(

12:35pm: Thank God church is over. I’m really hungry and I have to stay back in church while Cakes has a meeting with the senior pastor. Let me go and see if there are any leftover cupcakes from Children’s Church… YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! This should hold me while I wait for the meeting to end. I’ll go to the coffee shop and continue reading ‘There Was A Country.’

1:00pm — One of the church members surprises me with a bottle of sprite since I’m waiting. Awwww, how sweet. But wait, Cracker + Tea + Cupcake + Sprite might be a bad idea if I’m supposed to be dieting today. I won’t touch the Sprite.

1:23pm — Uh oh, the first signs of a hunger headache! I’m DEFINITELY TOUCHING the Sprite. The meeting should be over in another 15–20 minutes. I’ll have a healthy chicken salad sandwich.

2:50pm — A hungry Berry is a VERY ANGRY Berry! The meeting went over time and now I’m too angry to even care about eating anything. Who cares anyways? At least I’ll be happy on the scale tomorrow morning.

7:30pm — Oooooooooooh, chicken, chips and chicken shawarma make Berry a happy, happy girl.
8:15pm — What have I done??? You know what, I’ll diet tomorrow. For really real this time.
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Berry Dakara is a 24-looking, 30-something year old, with the antics of a cartoon character. She moved back to Nigeria after a 14-year stint in America, and considers Boston, Atlanta and Nigeria as her homes. She blogged her way through NYSC at The Aje-Butter’s Guide to NYSC, and loved blogging so much that she started a personal blog (Berry Dakara) and is also a contributor to African Naturalistas. When she’s not blogging or working, she’s wondering how she can break into Nollywood (ever seen “But Mamah” on Youtube?) and vehemently defending Kim Kardashian’s honor, or what’s left of it. Berry loves God, her family, Cakes, friends, food, cake and ice cream, and will try her darndest to lose 13lbs before her next birthday. For really real, she promises :)