"To bring one's self to a frame of mind and to the proper energy to accomplish things that require plain hard work continuously is the one big battle that everyone has. When this battle is won for all time, then everything is easy."
-Thomas A. Buckner
Yesterday, I had to go to Buca di Beppo (BDB)... again. Why is it when you're trying to lose weight, people pick places that have no section on the menu titled, "low-fat"?
However, here's my story of truimph. I knew I was going to have BDB alll day. In fact, I knew it all week. Now, what this would normally trigger in me is to just give up. I would eat all day like no one was watching and binge at BDB, then, just call it quits for the whole week. Maybe the whole month.
Instead, I ate OP all day. I knew I couldn't eat OP at BDB. Normally, once I had ingested all that food, I would just go home and have some more. Instead, I recognized that it wasn't OP, but it wasn't the normal "screw it all" mentality either. I ate decent portions and enjoyed myself but didn't gorge. And today, I'm OP.
I came to this reality that life is full of complications. And I can either lie down and surrender or I can take those complications for what their worth and not let it filter into everything. Woo hoo! What an "Ah ha!" moment.
Dana - I love California Pizza Kitchen. There are a bunch of them near me (of course). Their salads are really divine.