Yesterday I said no to all the food leftover from a luncheon that was right outside my cubicle: it included 2 kinds of cake, yellow rice, cuban pork. I said yes to some of the cherry tomatoes on top of the nearly untouched salad and brought them home to include in a planned meal.
Today I said no to everything else on a yummy restaurant menu and got a salad with romaine and vegetables with grilled shrimp and a small serving of hummus.
I said NO to bourbon chicken with noodles at the mall. I ate about 8-10 pieces of that cubed chicken but that was it. I can typically eat the whole tray noodle and all. PAT ON THE BACK ... I did great
I said no to beating myself up today. I am going to be understanding of the fluctuations involved with weight loss. I will accept this one as the first of MANY to come! I am happy with myself and the journey that I have begun. I will stick to it and I will get to my goal weight.
Buckeyes (chocolate and peanutbutter= VERY hard to resist!)
So we have food in my office all the time. Not exaggerating, it's not like twice a week, literally all the time! So far this week we've had 2 cakes, brownies, and buckeyes out on the filing cabinet all day to torture me. Last week we had two more cakes, pizza, and random other snacks. It's really rediculous.
And me? Well, I've said yes to just about every one of those things until today. Last night I stayed up thinking about how I lost 55 lbs and the resolve I had last year. I said "no" a lot last year... without hesitation or regret. I was very happy with my choices and it wasn't hard to make them because look at the results! Then somewhere along the way, I became content, and food became VERY tempting again. But I'm not happy with where my body is, so I decided last night that starting today I needed to find my former resolve and choose my health over food that is gone in moments. So far day one went well, but there are still some buckeyes left for me to resist tomorrow.
I had to stop and get gas this afternoon after work. When I went into pay, they had candy bars on sale 4 for $2 in a big bin right by the register. I'm always hungry for a snack after I get off work and normally, I would have grabbed 4 of them and secretly chowed them down on my way home.
But not today! I seriously sat there and contemplated it while I waited for the line to move. I counted the calories in my head and figured that it would take me 3 hours of solid jogging to burn that off. But man, the chocolate looked good. I probably looked like an insane woman standing there staring at the Milky Ways for so long and so intensely. Instead, I came home and ate a single 90 calorie granola bar for a snack - definitely a better choice.
really? a cake at 9 am? is anytime safe to go to a meeting?
I think video-conference is the only safe route. Of course my work doesn't have food during the meetings (which are just an hour one day a week). No, we just have food all the rest of the time!
I was feeling sleepy and unproductive around 4pm today so I went to the coffee shop downstairs to get coffee and I really wanted something to eat with it. The scones and bagels were especially tempting. But then I asked myself if I was truly hungry (that stomach rumbling kind of hungry) and I knew I wasn't, so I was able to get out of there calorie free! I was so proud of myself!
I said "no" to the monster inside me that was trying to rationalize eating all evening because "I deserved it/I've been working so hard/I've been under calories every day this week, so it won't hurt" So yeah, I said no to that.
