So many people, especially those on a diet, say things like "Chocolate is my Kryptonite." Or cheesecake. Or fries. Or ice cream. Regardless, they consider one food to be the end of their diets. "If I eat this," they say, "My diet is over." They say they will binge until they can't stand it. A slice of cheesecake? A bowl of ice cream? "I just can't resist."

I'm not here to say they should resist. It's the fact that thinking they will eat the whole carton of ice cream, the bag of chips, that really sets them up for a binge. That and the deprivation of being on a diet.

Of course, chocolate isn't really Kryptonite. For those of us not on diets, or those of us who have less of a sweet tooth, it's more take-it-or-leave-it. I don't necessarily turn down milk chocolate, but I prefer dark. And the darker, the better. Because I know I can eat chocolate whenever I want, I have no need to eat crappy chocolate just because it's there. I'll wait and have the good stuff.

But I'm not exactly immune to the powers of Kryptonite. Not at all. It's just that my Kryptonite is different.

My Kryptonite is lettuce with no dressing. Disgusting amounts of black coffee with even more disgusting amounts of artificial sweetener. Fat free cottage cheese. Skipping meals. Baggy pants. Saying "I'm full" or "I already ate" when I darn will didn't.

For me, those things set of a series of events that is quite likely to lead to relapse. I don't want to set myself up for failure by saying "If I do such-and-such, it's all over with." But I also know that I'm walking on thin ice. And it would be stupid for me to think that I can idly play with Kryptonite.

For me, it's just not worth it.