Weight! There is more food to eat!

Last Thursday the calendar on my android smartphone reminded me that my Friday morning was going to start with my annual physical at my doctor’s office.

I am not someone that regularly gets on the scale to check my weight. There is no need!  I know what it will say. It will say I weigh 50 more pounds than I would like to. That was sure to be confirmed on Friday morning. 

I try to balance my love of food by staying very active and setting a very simple goal. Go in each year to my physical weighing less than I did the previous year. I am not always successful but it has led to a drop of over 70 pounds in the past 12 years, thanks to a little self-control and a lot of racquetball, tennis, cycling, and Zumba.

Admittedly last Friday I was a bit nervous.  After all, in the past 12 months I have paid little attention to how healthy I have been eating and even less attention to the quantity.  I can recall numerous times that I have eaten at 8 food trucks or more in a single day. As I have been out visiting cities and meeting food trucks I cannot introduce myself without trying the food at each stop.  It has led to so many great meals and experiences. 

As I entered the doctor's office at 8am I had pretty much given up on the idea of having dropped any weight since my last visit.  My most recent meal had been a short eight hours ago just after midnight. I found myself unable to pass Mijos Tacos truck without stopping.  There is nothing like a crispy carnitas tostada and pollo taco to end a fun night out with friends. Plus visiting Peter and Leysha always puts a smile on my face. 

I have so enjoyed the past 12 months of eating at food trucks. It has often been multiple times in a day. And, I can recall twice in the past year of having eaten at food trucks for 20 or more consecutive days. I have not really been concerned with how many meals a day I have eaten, how much I have eaten, or what time of day it is. I have just enjoyed eating the creations of the incredibly happy and talented small businesses owners that I have met along the way. The portions are reasonable. The ingredients are local, fresh and healthy. I think most people would probably be quite shocked to find out how local and fresh a meal from a food truck is likely to be.  Of course there are more than a few guilty pleasures on plenty of trucks, and plenty of trucks serving super tasty less than healthy food.   I have been very fortunate to experience it all. 

I left the doctor’s office at 9:30 AM with a wide smile having learned that I had lost 7 pounds since my last visit.  I celebrated by heading right to a food truck.