Debate for an Icecream

Back from the beach: tanned, blonde and fat.

Every year I go to the beach with my mother's side of the family. Every year I walk on the beach, do some running (my cousins are exhaustingly athletic), and swim a lot. And every year I come back a couple of pounds heavier.

Why? Because we are food-pushers. We are a family of food-pushers (this term coined by my cousin's boyfriend).

At the beach, there are big breakfasts and lunches and dinners and cocktail hours (that go on for several) and lots of chips and cookies. How can a little bit of swimming against the current compete with all that?

I went down there, carrying a few extra pounds from the European cruise still, determined not to gain any weight. I would eat like a normal person and not be victimized by the food-pushing.

But then I got to thinking about how poor I am going to be once I move to NYC...shouldn't I eat now while I still can?

Now that I'm back on terra firma, I've picked up morning runs and a lot less food (partly because I can't actually afford to buy food but running is free). I want to be at least one step closer to svelte when I move. I want to be an attractive and elegant New Yorker. I also want the wardrobe department from some major television show set in NYC (Friends...Sex and the City...) to redo my closet.

So I have to lose a bit of weight and gain a bit of style before the big move (26 days!!!).

But one of my co-workers won free icecream for the entire office. From Maggie Moo's, which I've never had, but I've heard good things about.

How can I turn down free icecream? I won't be able to afford ANY icecream once I move to NYC!