Today in the break room, we had freshly baked Neiman Marcus Choc Chip cookies. (These cookies rock......my absolute favorite.) We were celebrating another employees birthday. I knew they would be there today, so this morning I prayed. "God give me the strength to avoid those nasty cookies that I know are from the devil". lol Well it worked. I didn't look twice at them. I ate a healthy breakfast this morning, knowing I would be stronger if I wasn't hungry! I feel really good about not giving into, "just one bite".
After work, a trip to the grocery store was a must, no leftover salad today. I ended up having a bowl of multi grain cheerios tonight, Yum! Didn't do so well with the kids though, baked some steak fingers and they had them with green beans. (one healthy thing ..anyway) But those steak fingers are full of fat, I have to make this a family thing. So to the store without kids tomorrow, with a list that was carefully planned out to prepare healthier meals for the whole family.
I was thinking today about how many things are focused around food. Just about everything really. About every holiday has sweets and dinners and food of some kind. When we celebrate we do it with cookies, cakes, cook outs, going out to eat................... It's never ending. When I stop and think, how many times I have put off starting a healthier lifestyle because of upcoming events or holidays, it's no wonder I have waited this long. LOL! I didn't want to ruin it, so I could justify it really well in my mind. That's really just an excuse, glad I'm over that! LOL
School starts tomorrow, this is going to be a great year. Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can. :)
Good job Brenda... I love those cookies too but haven't had one in years. When i'm trying to drop some poundage and am tempted I think "how many hours do I have to spend on a treadmill or bicycle, etc to get rid of that"... then it changes my mind pretty quickly. I exercise enough I think and I dont want to add more just because I wanted 30 seconds of eating a cookie! Its hard ... but you feel SO good when you were able to control the munchies!
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