Hey there, readers! As you probably know, this is a blog about anime – but on occasion, I also make posts that are not related to that subject. Today, I’m continuing the Bloganuary challenge. It’s day 23, and the prompt is: “What’s a lie you tell yourself?”

I had a difficult time thinking of an answer. I feel like I’m pretty self-aware. Of course, everybody tells themselves lies or has inconsistencies in their thinking, and I’m no exception. After thinking it over for a few hours, I still couldn’t come up with anything serious or deep. However, I did arrive at a slightly silly and highly specific answer. The lie I tell myself is that beer and wine are not significantly contributors to my calorie intake and recent weight gain.

Although I seriously need to exercise more, my eating habits are usually ok-ish. I do snack too often during the day and I do eat too much meat, but otherwise, I’m not bad at managing caloric intake. Until we get to the beverages, that is. I drink a couple of times a week. When I do, I drink quite a lot for someone my size due to having a high tolerance. Naturally, eight or ten beers – or 1.5 liters of wine – incur a huge calorie toll. We’re talking maybe 1500-2000 calories from drinks alone. But I just keep lying to myself and telling myself that it’s not a big deal and I don’t need to pay attention to those calories.

I hope this was a satisfactory answer to today’s question. Thanks so much for reading, and remember to take some time for yourself this week! Maybe you can improve your lifestyle – I’ll keep working on mine, too. 🙂