A Day In The Life Of A Cat

Loose six pounds in 2 weeks

What do you think....does that sound like a good deal?

Special K has that "Kick Start Diet Program" thing going on. Eat two bowls of cereal and one regular meal a day for 2 weeks and you'll shed 6 pounds. Strangely, just a month or so ago I was eating Special K for lunch. I saw the boxes on sale and thought it seemed like an easy lunch. Wasn't bad....didn't get sick of it and it was filling. But that was only eating it for lunch....I had my usual toast and chai tea for breakfast. So I got to thinking about how many boxes of Special K I would have to buy to eat two bowls a day for two weeks. A lot of boxes. Can you imagine checking out at the grocery store with 5 boxes of cereal and tons of fruit and veggies? I'm going to just digress for a second....those people in the check out lanes must see some really weird stuff. Anyway, back to Special K. While I'm sure you will loose some weight following this plan, I can't help but think of this as more of a way to sell their product. Maybe it happened like this...

One of the young under paid advertising guys at Kellogg's brought home 20 free boxes of Special K and started eating it for breakfast and again for dinner. We'll call him Marvin. Living alone, Marvin didn't feel like cooking....or maybe he didn't know how to cook. He starts dropping 3 pounds a week....wow, has to buy some smaller clothes. The sweet young receptionist suddenly wonders why she's never noticed Marvin before....he's kinda cute. Lord only knows how she missed him before ~ he was huge! Other people start to notice Marvin. Again, not sure how they missed him before. He tells them what he's been doing and, BOOM, the idea was born. They consider calling it "The Marvin Diet", but then just give him a raise. After all, they are selling tons of Special K thanks to him.

Marvin kept his weight off for about six months, then he started to gain it back. Good thing he kept his "fat" clothes. With the raise, he could afford to eat out more.....and did. Those ultimate cheeseburgers and frappuccino's were hard to pass up. Oh, and the receptionist.....they dated for a short spell but she wasn't the only girl in the office to notice his new sexy bod. Marvin dumped her and went for the office vixen. We know she dumped him as soon as the spare tire started to form around his middle again. Marvin wished he had never let the receptionist go...she got a boob job and posed for Playboy. She's a shoe in for Playmate of the year. As Marvin sits on his sofa eating his cheeseburger, he looks at her pinup. He cries in his frappuccino. "She was my soul mate!!" he says with deep...deep regret.

Okay, I'll stop now. ;-)