Grab the Good Life with Rocco DiSpirito

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May 8, 2006 - Top Ten Reasons to Indulge

TEN REASONS TO INDULGE

1.) Eat ice cream for breakfast. If you eat a quart of ice cream with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles tomorrow morning you'll consume about 3000 calories. That's enough calories to last almost two days. It's a great time-saver: you won't have to eat until Friday.

2.) Eat Foie Gras; between all the animal activists and the price the force-feeding of ducks will be outlawed any minute now, and you'll have missed the boat on one of life's greatest culinary indulgences.

3.) Go ahead and order your pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese. That way you'll cover all four-food groups in one shot.

4.) Eat a 16-oz steak, you'll have to chew so much it will give you surgery free mini facelift. And remember, the key to good digestion is a long mastication.

5.) Don't stay away from fried food, especially fried chicken—all that oil makes your hair shiny. It's been proven in dogs, it must be true for humans. And for leave-in conditioner, just run your fingers through your hair when you're done.

6.) Go ahead and carbo load like the pros with a pound of pasta and a loaf of bread. It will help motivate you to go jogging the next day. If for some reason you can't get out of bed the next morning, blame it on the carbs.

7.) Go drinking and dancing at least once a week. You might get drunk, but you'll burn as many calories as you would running on the treadmill for three hours and have a lot more fun.

8.) Another benefit of alcohol? Drinking makes you incoherent—you don't really want to know what your family is talking about, do you? [Rocco tell story about his keeping healthy with alcohol, his grandmother drinking wine before bed to keep the doctor at bay, anisette for your belly, rum on your gums, etc.

9.) If you want to satisfy your sweet tooth, go to a movie with a bunch of kids. They'll order a ton of candy and lose interest before they can finish it. You can finish everybody's leftovers in the dark and know one will know.

10.) Don't be too thin—having a reserve of energy in the form of stored fat will come in handy if you're in an emergency and need a little extra oomph. Don't you owe it to yourself to have a built-in survival kit!