My new job is not conducive to healthy eating in anyway. I’m the new Director of Communication for District 113, which incorporates Highland Park and Deerfield high schools. No more reporting you ask?? I’ll get to that in another blog entry. Today, I want to focus on the food.
Everywhere I turn, there are treats. I came into work this morning and my boss had bought me a jelly donut. Are you crazy? I thought to myself. I don’t eat jelly donuts. I look at a jelly donut and gain weight.
About an hour later, I received an office email that someone had baked banana bread and it was sitting in the kitchen.
Around 11 a.m. I decided to brave the kitchen because I had to fill up my water bottle. Not only was the banana bread staring me in the face but a group of employees had just made fresh guacamole. I laughed out loud; this must be a joke, right?
I politely declined and made a quick getaway back to my office. For lunch, a co-worker asked if I wanted to hit up Taco Bell’s drive-thru. Nothing about the drive thru at Taco Bell is on my diet plan. Thankfully, I had brought my lunch.
Around 3 p.m. I attended a letter of intent signing at one of the high schools; of course there was cake. A big cake. That was screaming eat me. I passed on that too.
By the time I got home, I wanted to throw a party. I can’t believe I survived without cheating in anyway. But to think that I have to do it again tomorrow is just depressing.
