Sarah Needs to Learn Eating A Packet of Cookies Is Not Dieting 

Week one of Sarah’s diet went well; she lost 2Kg I was very impressed with her efforts.  It was a good start for Sarah boosting her confidence as it showed her that the target of 1.5Kg was obtainable if she stuck to the diet and exercised.   

Sadly, this week, Sarah’s report was not good. I had received her weight photo, showing she had gained half a kilo.  I let Sarah know that we would discuss this on Sunday morning when I would call her. 

I called a very nervous Sarah at 10 am, who blurted out straight away that she had sat in front of the TV last week to watch a movie and eaten a full packet of chocolate chip cookies in one sitting.  While I appreciated Sarah’s willingness, to tell the truth about what had happened, I was very disappointed in Sarah. I explained to her that I was disappointed because of two reasons.  

First, the cookies were a banned food, and Sarah should not have bought any in the first place and secondly to sit and eat a full packet when on a diet showed no self-control.  Eating the cookies was the cause of Sarah gaining weight this week, and it could not be overlooked even though her honesty was commendable. 

So, I scheduled an appointment to visit Sarah on Monday at 7 pm. 

I knocked on Sarah’s front door at 7 pm and was gingerly greeted with “Please. I am sorry I won’t do it again I promise, it was just a one-off this time“. 

I had to remind Sarah that it is customary to greet visitors with a hello and please come in, take a seat, and can I get you anything to drink.  I added that I hoped. I was not going to have to give Sarah a lesson on good manners as well.  

Sarah invited me into the lounge and asked me to take a seat.  She asked if I would like a drink and. I said no thank you, Sarah, I will have a coffee once we have finished with your punishment. 

Again, Sarah started to ask for me to let her off with a warning, but I told her firmly that she had chosen to break two rules, so she had earned her punishment fair and square.  I first asked to see where Sarah kept the cookies in her kitchen as I wanted to inspect that she had not purchased any others.  Suddenly Sarah went very quiet, and her bottom lip started trembling as Sarah led me into her kitchen.  I asked her to point to the cupboard which she did very slowly.   

When I opened the cupboard, I saw another packet of chocolate chip cookies on the shelf, I took them out and asked Sarah to explain why they were there as they were on the banned food list.    

She tried to say she was not going to eat them they were there for visitors only, but I reminded her that they were banned and ordered her to put them in the dustbin outside straight away and I would be adding this to her punishment.  

The kitchen had a table against one wall, and I decided that this is where Sarah would be disciplined.   I asked. Sarah to go and bring my bag from the living room for me as I took my jacket off when she returned, I asked her to open the bag and take out the school cane in the bag and pass it to me.   

Sarah went very pale and said, oh no, I am sorry I won’t do it again. I told her that I was sure she would not want another cookie for some time after the punishment.   

Sarah was wearing a pair of lounge-type pants which I asked her to remove, leaving her just wearing a thong.  I told Sarah that she would be getting nine strikes with the cane three for each infraction, buying the cookies, eating them and having them in her cupboard.   

I instructed her to bend over the table and spread her legs slightly and after each strike. I wanted her to count them out and say one Sir Thank you, Sir, and so forth.  If she miscounted or got up, I would start again from one.  

Once Sarah was in position, I told Sarah that the quicker we got this done, the better it would be for her.   

Strike one was a gentle one to start. I had to remind Sarah to Say One Sir Thank you, Sir, I told her that she would get the last warning.  

The second third and fourth were given with a little more force than the first one, leaving some red lines on Sarah’s pale skin and causing her to take a sharp breath.   

Strike five was a little harder and had Sarah pleading with me to stop saying she would never eat another cookie again.  I quickly followed through with strike six and seven, which had Sarah sobbing. 

The last two strikes were even harder and would leave Sarah with some very painful welts to remind her that cookies were banned while dieting. 

Her bottom was now on fire, and Sarah was sobbing hard.  I helped her stand up and instructed her to stand in the corner with her hands on her head and not rub her bottom. If she did, I would administer another strike. 

I made myself a cup of coffee and sat down and admired my handy work.  

Sarah was standing in the corner, sobbing quietly with her hands on her head. 
Sarah was not going to be sitting comfortably for a few days I thought. I was sure this was one lesson that Sarah would not forget in a hurry. 

Once I had finished my coffee, I told Sarah she could now get dressed while I made her a cup of coffee.  Sarah drank her coffee quietly and assured me that she would be sticking to her diet as she did not want to repeat that experience in a hurry. 

I left saying I was looking forward to seeing she had lost weight at the weekend.