Sitting on my comfortable chair in my living room on a quiet peaceful early evening over the weekend, I enjoy sipping on a cup of chamomile tea while browsing through articles of investments funds through the Internet. While I am enjoying the moment, my friend MaryJo calls me and asks me if I want to go out for the evening. “No thanks”, I tell her and proud to have said no. She said alright and as we are saying our farewell, have a good evening routine, we hang up.
I go back to reading more articles in which I am delving in as I press the ‘end’ button on my cell phone. While I simultaneously click on links to the website that I am hypnotized by and trying to grasp some information on how to wisely invest my money other than keeping it in my savings account I put the cell phone down on the table next to me and forget about the phone call.
In the meantime my other friend Bella calls me and I sense the old routine of girlfriend’s calling wanting to go out. Bella asks, “Diana, what’s up? How come you don’t wanna go out”?
“I’m going to tell you the same thing that I told MaryJo, I’m staying in for the night”. Don’t they get it?
Bella says, “What are you kidding me? C’mon, let’s go have some cocktails at the wine bar. You know, good music, men, dancing. C’mon, let’s go, I’ll go get ya”.
“Thanks but no thanks”. Even though I love to go out with my friends, I still like some weekend evenings to myself. Going out every weekend gets old for me. Not to mention, every time that I go out, the drinking has made me gain a couple of pounds with those extra alcoholic calories. Don’t like those light beers either. Uh, uh. When I drink, I only have a taste for Cosmo’s. They are so yummy and one makes up for two drinks.
But the next day I find myself starving myself and eating very small portions of meals and walking that extra 20 minutes to burn that extra load of calories. I spend the whole week eating healthy to no avail if I am going to consume the calories again! To lose or maintain my weight during the week to gain it all back during the weekend? Not only that but I am trying to preserve my skin from the damages due to the drying effect on the skin because of the alcohol. I don’t mean to sound so shallow but ladies you have to be with me on this one, you know how that goes. Drinking in excess causes premature wrinkles and would rather do without. Especially being out all night, the next day I look like a truck ran over me.
