What used to be The Typical Late Night Snack
Sweet, but only for an hour or so, and then ugh!
Above is Ali. He was the go to guy for all of my favorite snack or as I am used to calling: Nosh!
Nosh. Ice Cream, cookies, pretzels, reese’s, snickers, yum yum, that was always my typical late night snack and I always had an excuse for them. Some of my favorite excuses were:
I am traveling and the nosh will keep me company.
I just accomplished something great so the snacks will help me celebrate.
I just failed miserably and have anxiety, so the nosh will help take away the anxiety.
I feel depressed, so the nosh is now going to lift me out of my depression.
I feel depressed, the nosh will not lift me out cause I am way too deep in the pit, but at least it is something. At least there is a bright yellow bag filled with M&M’s which will make me feel better for a few minutes, until I start feeling gross, which is sure to happen.
Now, Here I am pointing to my old favorite night time nosh! Ben & Jerry’s Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch, wow, that stuff would make me so high as the red bull parachutist who jumped from the edge of space! Snickers, Oreos, Reese’s, Chips And Pretzels would provide the rest of the banquet of sugar and chemical soup which would totally disconnect my brain from reality for an hour or so until I would soon hit bottom. So I am saying here; No To This Type Of Nosh! No Mas! No, No, No, Zehhu! That’s It!
So tonight, I happened to be downstairs in the market and my friend Ali said to me:
“Hashi Mashi, how come you don’t buy your snacks anymore?”
“Ali, my dear brother, I have not had even one of these snacks for almost six months! This friday will be six months!”
Ali was shocked. He knew that I have been changing over the last six months, but had no clue how much because he had not seen the before and after photos, and he was also not aware of how long I had not had even one snack, even one cookie, even one oreo, Oh , my Oreos!
Generally, Ali and I speak to each other in Arabic, Hebrew and English. Ali is my Arabic teacher and I in turn teach him Hebrew, but I am not a native Hebrew speaker like Ali, who is a native speaker of Arabic. We have both been shocked by how similar the languages are! The alphabet and many many words are the same.
Here is a picture of Ali! Good guy!
Here is Ali, who used to sell me all of the Nosh. Now he is Ali that teaches me Arabic, makes great tea and sells me my water, bananas, oranges, berries and nuts! Go Ali!
So you think I was encouraging these great comfort snacks? Nuh uh, no way today. My New Comfort foods are raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, mango, grapes, persimmons, all types of good stuff like that. Throw in some unsalted roasted almonds, sunflower seeds or pistachios, and I am a pretty happy camper!
Now is this stuff nosh or what? The best in the west for sure, my favorites, ice cream, cookies, oreos, babe ruth bar, resse’s, chunky chocolate. But strangely enough, I was not too tempted. So no worries, Ali and I were just remembering what I used to buy at his store, but not for the last six months!
This is Ali behind the register, ready to check me out with all of my nosh, but no more! Only good stuff now, even Ali will say that to me, “take only good food Hashi Mashi!”
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Richard you look great!!! You are so fit and muscular what a difference. You even look younger now and happier. Your pictures keep me motivated!!!
Hi Mary, Thanks so much. I hope soon we can post some pictures of yourself. I am doing my best to be happy and motivated, going to write about it now. Sorry for being tardy today!