The Exorcism of Jose Cuervo

Again, I find myself focusing on my goals only to be tempted by that evil snake of Jose. I worked out 5 days this week and felt great, I joined Livestrong.com (to record my calories, water intake and exercise routine) a very clever site, love it. I removed rice, bread and pasta from my daily meals, I reduced the amount of Diet Coke I consume on a weekly basis, and limit my red wine intake to one glass a day.  Then Saturday night rolls around and I find myself in the San Antonio Bar & Grill (my version of Cheers….where the bartenders know my name) with a bunch of Fun Ladies before seeing Magic Mike (yes….the stripper movie…don’t judge me). Needless, to say as soon as we arrived I was asked…Large or Small? Small I answered with confidence. Yes, just one Margarita, Jose Cuervo 1800 on the rocks w/salt! I’ll just have one and go see the movie….but as soon as the glass landed in front of me….it evaporated! Before I knew it, my Bartender (Juan….yes, I’m calling him out), was brining me a second glass. As he placed it in front of me, he smiled and said “it has an extra shot of venom!” Damn you Juan, you remembered that I enjoyed my venom on the rocks w/salt! Thankfully, I was pulled out of my chair as I finished my 3^rd Rita. I did enjoy the movie but there was a little voice in me that kept nagging…”calories, calories”. That was it, I knew what I had to do! Bikram Yoga! I was going to sweat that Jose out of my body. I knew I didn’t have too much time to lose so Sunday morning at 8 I found myself w/my support group ready to have him exorcised thru my pores. It was a grueling 90 minutes. There were moments I thought I would pass out, I felt my head elevating towards the ceiling (light headed), and tried to con the instructor in letting me out by faking that I needed a potty break. He looked me straight in the face and said “no pee pee or ka ka here!” Yes, I was in hell and sweating 80% of my body’s fluids. As I lay on the floor (the last 5 minutes of the exercise) my soul returned to my weak body when a cold wet and scented towel was handed to me and placed on my face. AAAHHHHH!!!! I was going to be alright. ;-)