Temptation

Oh boy what a week I have had. I weighed in Friday morning the scale told me I lost 7 lbs from last Saturday. Man was I excited. The change in my eating habits have paid off quick!

But then there is that terrible, terrible temptation. Really my first real temptation of the week came on Thursday morning. I had taken Vanessa to work and was stopping at QT to grab some coffee. I accidentally walked by the donuts. Oh man. I was by myself and hungry and saw no reason why I shouldn't indulge in the doughy, glazed goodness. Then I thought about the reasons why I was doing what I'm doing. I don't want to feel this way anymore. I want to be healthy when my kids are growing up. I want to be able to go play in the yard without getting tired. I don't want to end up with weight related health issues for the rest of my life. So instead of just starving myself, I decided to find a healthier option in the store. I grabbed a South Beach Diet Peanut Butter Meal Bar. It was really tasty and filled me up nicely.

It felt good to have ignored the temptation of grabbing a yummy donut. Not saying that I won't eat a donut, because I have actually (unfortunately) had 2 today. I will talk more about the weekend further down. But on that day, at that time, I was happy to have said no to the temptation of a donut.

My second temptation came in the second day when Vanessa's boss asked me to grab them some food from Taco Bell for lunch. I hadn't eaten lunch yet and I love a good burrito from Taco Bell. But I resisted and felt better because of it. Went home and had my turkey burger and spinach and felt good about it.

I ate good every day this week. Then the weekend happened. I find it very difficult to eat very good on the weekends because of the fact that we are always on the move. Saturday I had Taco Bueno, but was able to semi decent there by getting stuff off of their new Bueno Choice menu. Plus I tried this new thing of counting to 20 or 30 between each bite. It totally worked! By the end of a small soft taco and a burrito, I was stuffed! Saturday night some old friends came into town and we went to Bros Houligan. Wasn't able to eat too healthy there. Then I had Mazzio's for Sunday lunch and breakfast foods for dinner tonight. Not very healthy at all.

Here's why I sort of okay with this weekend. I know you are probably thinking that no matter where I go I can get a healthy salad or the salad bar. Yes probably. But honestly I don't feel bad about what I am doing. I don't see it as cheating. I am still eating considerably less than I have in the past. I am staying under my calories. I feel fine. I am not going crazy on the weekend. I am able to eat whatever I want, just controlling the portions.

Annnnyways. This was a really long post.

If you have read this far kudos to you. Thanks and please come back!

Mike