I wanted to binge so bad today, I am under alot of stress taking care of my 87 yr old mother w/ dementia. I said no to peanut butter and yes to about a cup of blueberries!

Fruitlady- I used to help my Mom with my Grandma sometimes who had Alzheimer's so my heart goes out to you.

I was going to go to fast food on the way home from work and didn't - yay!

Thinkin Thin- Thanks, it's so hard. Sometimes she doesn't even know me or trust me. Everyday is a food struggle for me because of the stress, but I said no to overeating today period.

Fruitlady- Yeah, my Grandma was holding my brother's hand one time in the hospital and she turned to my Mom and asked how the kids are doing...he was apparently shocked. (He hadn't seen her in a while). My Grandma would talk about my parents to me as if I were a nurse or aide or something. She would whisper and say, "Those people are nice. They take me to church." It was surreal. Just hang in there!

I turned down my favorite cheese ravioli form a local Italian place

Donuts!

a large cup of Iced Chocolate at the local coffee house... it's Belgian chocolate bits melted and blended with milk then poured over ice, topped with whipped cream and more chocolate bits... it's divine, and I CANNOT HAVE IT.

It feels good to get it out. Now I'll go back to not wanting it anymore...

Chocolate! Today was day 9 of walking past the candy dishes at work and not (mindlessly) having any. This was also day 9 of not eating any of the unhealthy snacks they provide at work.

Pepperoni pizza from my favorite pizza place!

My co-worker was like "I'm going to order a pizza! Do you like pepperoni?" I hesitated and said "Yes, but I'm not going to have any, I'm dieting." I wasn't tempted until I smelled it so I tried to stay away from it, but he kept calling me back to him to tell me something. I didn't give in though and I had a salad as soon as I got home.

Good for you JustSharing - I would die to smell pizza and not have any. Congrats on that victory!

I took my son to a birthday party at a pizza buffet place and then they had cupcakes. They handed me a cupcake and I put it in front of me and was so tempted to eat it, but instead I just let it sit there and not have power over me. Oh, and I didn't get the pizza buffet, I opted for some lettuce with vinegar to just get me through...the salad bar was one of those "unhealthy salad bars". I came home and made myself a healthy lunch!

I had so much stress, I said no to binging on peanut butter or anything today. No one is going to make me a nervous wreck so badly that I have to binge. Never ever! I won't let it happen, they are not worth it!

I said no to buying Girl Scout cookies yesterday and today. It seems like they are selling them everywhere this year.

I did really good today----I stuck with a high amount of protein, and I had a craving for ice cream---sugar-free, of course. so I looked, and looked, but the discount sugar-free ice cream I usually buy wasn't available. i found the skinny cow brand with only 100 calories a bar, compared to the carb control ones that were about 180 calories---but the issue was the 100 calorie bar had more carbs and sugar was the second ingredient. I almost gave in, thinking that the calories are what was important (they are!), but also realizing that the 100 calories of sugar could lead me to binge.

I ended up just buying some sugar free pudding instead.

I said no to going overboard on anything! lol