NSV!

Hi all,      I had an all-day medical conference today (7:45 am - 5:00 pm) that provided breakfast and lunch for us.  I was dreading this cause I just knew I was going to cave like I always did before.  First thing this morning, I went to the breakfast buffet and completely ignored the muffins/sweet rolls/naughty bits and had a tiny plate of fresh fruit with a little bit of grapefruit juice (the goobers didn't put out the water till AFTER breakfast LOL).      Now, as a morning person, my will power's always better early on, so I still figured I'd crack at lunch with all the desserts they set in the center of the table (even before the damn salads are served!).  I ate my salad and one whole wheat roll followed by only the beef and the broccoli off the entree plate.  I sat next to free cherry cheesecake and frosted carrot cake for over an hour without eating one!  Yay!    And I even had to watch everyone else eating them cause only the diabetic guy to my left abstained at our table other than me.  I missed most of the lecture during lunch cause I was so hyper focused on the desserts, but I beat my demon! :-)      This is one of the first times EVER that I've resisted a compulsion once I was focused on it for that length of time.  So I'm doing the Happy Dance right now. 

That is great.  I need to borrow some of that will power.  You made great choices and it is so worth it.   Have a great weekend and remember how good it feels to overcome our compulsions to eat those bad thing.  This empowers us.  We can be in control of what we eat.  Thanks for sharing.  I'm going to go make my chicken salad for dinner. 

Good Job, I sent you my phone number and need your help I need this wt off. so If you have the time Please call me... Your did great I would have had the whole buffet... LOL Virgie 

That is excellent! I have become lots better at eating at social stuff.  I laughed at your adjective "free" cheesecake.   LOL, we all think that way ---ooohhh get our money's worth.  And what's extra funny when ya think about it, the fresh produce IS the expensive stuff!  Good job - thanks for sharing with us!

Glad you had a good day Julie... Keep it up! My mother wanted to go to Cracker Barrel tonight for dinner.. oh yay...not the best place for eating healthy...but I didn't do too bad.. i had the small serving of grilled chicken strips and baby carrots.

Better than a plate of fried eggs and pancakes!