7/27/2009
I have several challenges to face in the next 2 weeks. Normally I would allow myself to “indulge” a bit for special occasions but I can’t afford to do that with so many special occasions in just one week! This will be a good opportunity to take what I’m learning to the next level and see how well I do “in real life”.
Challenge #1: 4-year-old nephew’s birthday dinner (pizza!) tomorrow night
Challenge #2: My department’s team building event (cooking party, Iron Chef style, with lots of wine and champagne and delicious goodies) on Friday
Challenge #3: 4-year-old nephew’s birthday party (with cake & ice cream) Saturday afternoon
Challenge #4: Husband’s pre-birthday dinner celebration (cocktails, steakhouse, cake & ice cream) Saturday evening
Challenge #5: Husband’s actual birthday next Tuesday (will likely include another meal out and more desserts)
Challenge #6: Old friend coming to town. Our typical meetup includes lots of japanese food.
We’ll see how I do.
Today’s food:
Breakfast: 2 espressos (one with milk, the other with a small creamer); DanActive; 2 peices raisin toast with earth balance (pictured below)
Lunch: Amy’s Tofu Scramble (pictured)
Snacks: celery, mini sweet peppers, yellow grape tomatoes (pictured along with strawberries that I did not eat)
Dinner: veggie sandwich & salad with delicious butter lettuce, heirloom tomatoes, olives, and Annie’s naturals dressing. Such an amazing and easy and quick and filling and guilt-free meal.
Fitday summary is below….
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As always, you make healthy eating and weight loss look DELICIOUS. Beautiful choices today, well done!
(I’m definitely going to try that tuna and bean dip one of these days!)
Thanks Mizcarly! If you like tuna, you’ll like the dip. It was pretty easy.
I just wanted to say what a wonderful blog you have here! I’m a sucker for visuals. You make healthy food look good! lol
I love the pictures, too. The only problem is the same one I have with magazine pictures of food - your food always looks so much more gorgeous than the food on my plate! Even the apple in the top picture looks delicious. (The snake, not so much.)
As for your upcoming challenges (I’d have to take a month off to recover from all that socializing) I believe you’ll do fine. Your focus and determination are incredible.
One strategy you might consider for all those happy temptations is something from the next phase of my behavior mod program: never have food in your hand when you have food in your mouth. As soon as you take a bite or sip, put down your fork or the sandwich or the glass. It pretty much forces you to eat less because you have to eat more slowly. It might be worth a try since you’re walking into environments where you don’t control what food is put in front of you. At the same time it helps you not feel deprived because you can get a taste of everything.
Enjoy yourself tonight.
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