The Obesity Crisis: Alcoholism's link to Obesity

Craig Ferguson talks about his days of Alcoholic abuse.

[From The Obesity Crisis: Alcoholism's link to Obesity]

Food diary for Sunday (& today so far)

Sunday evening

Not a great food day on Sunday. After the Vietnamese noodles, I had a few beers in the pub, finished off by a slap-up Chinese restaurant feast. Too much beer. Too much greasy food.

Monday

7am Porridge & coffee.

10am Skinny Latte.

1pm Tuna sandwiches (burgen bread) and bean/tuna/kiwi fruit salad.

Divorcing yourself from the drink

I stumbled across this website today, and it really came at a good time for me.

I wrote a short article, which is as yet unpublished, on whether I should reduce my drinking. Am I an alcoholic, is the main question I ask myself. Though increasingly I'm thinking it is an irrelevant question.

Sid Richmond's story, Divorce, talks about his observations of people's relationship with Alcohol, including his own.

I relate to that. I like to drink in the evening. Not (usually) a lot, but just enough to forget. To numb me.

Thanks Sid, good inspiration.

Food diary for Thursday 15 May 2008

8am

Started the day with some porridge and a home brew coffee. Then grabbed a skinny latte on the way to work. I took the train for the first time in ages, so the whole romantic notion of a take out coffee from a coffee stand just grabbed me.

1pm

Lunch I had leftovers from the other night. Tuna bean salad.

2pm

And some sardines on 2 slices of burgen bread.

2.30pm

Another skinny latte.

6pm-9pm

4 (or 5?) strong European beers

9pm

followed by a big Mac at 9pm. Then a quarter pounder cheese, and small fries. It took till the quarter pounder to feel full. That's drink for you.

And then some Smiths crisps when I got home. See, drink always makes me eat!

Food diary : Friday drinks

I went out and had a few drinks tonight with some friends, a glass of white wine and maybe 3 or 4 beers.

That was me holding back somewhat. Not bad though, that's the first drink I've had since ... hmmm .. maybe Sunday last week, before I started this food journal.