Today, I ate an entire pizza! Haha, totally kidding. But seriously, there were several times that I wished I could. It was the first time since starting my diet 2 days ago that I began having bad thoughts. The first was at lunch. I volunteered today at the State Bar of Arizona Convention since I work for a law office and am part of a legal administrator's group. Lunch was served at this convention so once again, I was a bit worried about falling off the wagon. Luckily, that didn't happen. The lunch was a build your own sandwich bar with sides of salad and potato salad. I was determined to get through this the same way I had the previous day. First, I filled my plate with salad topped with ranch. I gotta say that ranch has truly been my saving grace. It is so dang good and makes me feel like I am eating bad though I am staying on my diet plan. Ranch has hardly any sugar or carbs in it. Anyways, I have a hard time resisting potato and pasta salad so I put a tiny scoopful on my plate and moved along to building my sandwich. I noticed giant lettuce leaves and decided to make a lettuce wrap with cold cuts and other veggies. I gotta say, I was not thrilled with this. I have never had a sandwich without bread and it was making me sad to think about. As I neared the end of the table, I noticed a table full of cookies. First bad thought of the day... I was so tempted to take one but I managed to resist. I proceeded to eat my lunch and was shocked at how delicious it was. Sandwiches without bread really are not bad and it allows you to really taste the other ingredients. Sandwiches often have too much bread that it drowns out the other flavors. Not only was my wrap and salad amazing, my two bites of potato salad were mind glowingly good. I have noticed that bad foods taste so much better now that I don't eat them often. This could be another blessing or curse. I will admit, I had a few thoughts of going back up and getting more of that potato salad. Meanwhile, my tablemates were all commenting about how the cookies were not very good at all. It was nice to hear that since it reaffirmed that I was right not taking one. However, this was not the last I would see or hear about the cookie.
While volunteering, I started getting hungry but I had forgot to bring a healthy snack. After wandering around trying to find a snack, the only option I had were those same damn cookies. After much debating with myself, I decided it shouldn't hurt to have one cookie to tide me over for the rest of the afternoon. So I went for it. Even though that cookie was not all that great, it tasted amazing. But afterward, I instantly felt guilty.
When leaving the Bar conference, I was having second thoughts about exercising. I was so tired and I really felt like laying in bed watching TV. Luckily, I regained my composure, thought it through, and as that cookie eating went round in my head, I decided it was best to stick to my original plan and go exercise. I walked/ ran on the treadmill for 30 minutes and felt terrific about myself. On the way home though, cravings took over and had the evil thought of stopping at a fast food place for a chicken sandwich. I went straight home to convince my husband to go with me to Jack in the Box but my plans were thwarted thankfully. The hubby reminded me that I spent a ton of money on healthy food and that would be money lost. So here I sit eating a piece of salmon and a southwest salad (which by the way is really fricken good). Later fellow dieters.
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