Teen Idols

My husband, bless his heart, has agreed to take our 9-year-old daughter and her friend to see The Jonas Brothers in concert.

The Jo Bros

By the way, this is his third time to take her to a "kid concert."  He's also proud to say (I'm sure) that he's seen Hannah Montana a.k.a. Miley Cyrus...

Miley Cyrus (the artist formerly known as Hannah Montana)

...and also the lesser-known Cheetah Girls.

The Cheetah Girls

So what does this have to do with my own personal weight loss issues, you might wonder.  Here's one of my dirty little secrets -- My usual routine is this: Husband out of town = me pigging out with abandon, then hiding the evidence before he gets home.  

I'll be staying home tonight while the Jonas Brothers concert is rockin' the night away, and my 3-year-old Little Dude has already requested getting a "burger sandwich," as he calls it, for dinner.  My first thought was that I, too, should have a burger sandwich with cheese and why not a shake and fries too.  But my second thought was that Little Dude could have the burger and I could get a salad.  The treat for me will be that I don't have to make it and that I don't have to choke down two Pepcid Completes before waddling off to bed in a bloated haze.

So take that, teen singing sensations!  You won't make me any fatter this time!