The Football Fan’s Diet

By Matt DeReno
On The FFD

PITTSBURGH – Yesterday was a day where my Inner Fat Slob continued to drive the ball down my throat (literally and figuratively). You see, we had all this Pizza left over from the weekend and my Inner Fat Slob made it clear it was not about to last very long. Worse, there was new pizza at my monthly meeting at Carnegie Mellon University. Amidst all the algorithm talk, it was raining Pizza.

Somehow, I found a way to sneak in a walk in around the Oakland area of Pizza, I mean, Pittsburgh. My goal was to walk off some of this Pizza. So, by walking, that was like getting the ball back from my beastly Inner Fat Slob and at least driving the ball a little on this dastardly opponent. Ultimately, I was outscored once again.

Nonetheless, there is reason to suspect the momentum is about to swing again and in my favor. I am off a great start today, having hit the gym instead of the Pizza shop.

The best thing about Preseason is just that: it is before the season for all you geniuses out there and therefore it doesn’t count. Nonetheless, good teams play good ball all the time. If I have an abysmal preseason, can I reasonably expect to actually accomplish anything at all in the regular season let alone make it to the post-season? I doubt it. So I need to look at the last five days as a wake-up call. I won’t say I need to wake-up and smell the coffee. Hell, I don’t want to say I need to smell anything. I get too hungry.

This is going to be a long season. Stick with me. We’ll get her done. Yes, I had my first acknowledged test in the “events” I had to deal with beginning Thursday and ending yesterday and I failed miserably. I have a lot of work to do.

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