Marathon Me

I know I am a candy freak. I am trying to get better about it, but sometimes I fall off the wagon, mainly because I don’t care that much about the wagon, and I really like candy. It’s even worse when I am on the road. When I am at HQ in San Jose, our admin always has a bowl of candy on her desk. I transform into Pavlov’s dog the second I get to my office: I walk right to the candy bowl, grab some chocolate, and throw them in the freezer for later consumption.

I typically will put 6-8 candy bars in the freezer in the morning and most days I eat them all. I have no problem not eating that much candy when at home or my regular office, but while on the road it seems like the right thing to do. Maybe I’ll throw in an extra mile in the morning.

The thing that does get me at my office in Austin is chewing gum. I get really into a project and just start powering down gum. I am a gum chewing machine. Violet Beauregard has got *nothing* on me (well, except that she is blue).

So this morning I was rapidly trying to finish a project before 11:30am, and decided I needed the extra power only chewing gum can provide.  Within about 30-40 minutes, this is what my previously unopened superpack of Orbit White gum looked like:

That’s right: I took down 2.5 packs that fast.  I still have a few pieces left of the spearmint flavor left, but that will disappear right after lunch.  I need help, ladies and gentleman.  But I do love me some gum.

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