House of Temptation, Part II
I’ve blogged before about how, very often — my house is full of tasty treats and sinful sweets.
Today is another one of those days. Bowls of leftover Halloween candy… (which I need to take to work!!) and now we have this family get-together where all the food is high in carbs and high in fat. My strategy, though a little eccentric, is this : I simply had a balanced meal before everyone arrived and then sipped on Diet Coke while everybody ate.
It’s hard because the social norm is to pile up your plate with everything… and then you go back for seconds… and don’t forget all the desserts!! But I have to learn, if you want to be slim, you have to change your mindset. So I simply did not eat anything from the “buffet”. Macaroni and Cheese, Rolls, Sweet Potato stuff with Marshmellows on top. Now the ham doesn’t look too bad so maybe I’ll have a small slice or two and lots of veggies for dinner.
The desserts do look good and smell good : A huge honking apple pie and a pumpkin pie. Perhaps you are the type to take a few spoonfuls of each thing and stop at one plate. I myself am much better off simply avoiding it all.
The real trick will be later on tonight, at 2am… when the carbs and sweets call my name. Will I be able to resist? If I go one more night, it’ll make one week since I woke up and pigged out. That is quite a milestone for me.
Somebody asked me about seeking a Chiro for my lower back. I’ve considered it, but I think really I just need to take it easy on myself. I’m a stubborn Taurus and I try to do too much.
Now I’m going to visit some of you.
—Matt
Sounds like you are doing really well with temptations right now so that’s a thumbs up for you. And I’m one of those people that has to really avoid the sweets all together. I really don’t seek them out but if I have one spoonful it may lead to another and another. Just really do your best to resist since you have come along way. Think about how great you will feel if you prevail tonight and how you can blog about how great you did tomorrow. Just give it your very best effort. You are worth it.
Matt, good job! That’s a really hard thing to do but, I’ve done it myself not to long ago at a b-day party at chuckee cheese(forgive the spelling if not correct) that I took my kids to !First it was the pizza,then cupcakes ,and to top it off was ice cream ! Everyone kept asking “kim aren’t you gonna eat?” I politely told them no and got up to go walk around so I know how hard that was ! So good job ! Kimmi
Sweet potatoes with marshmallows…ARGHHHH! Well waking up in the middle of the night and pigging out is honestly one thing I have never had to deal with.
I did however come home once to find half a chocolate cake missing. Ex-dh said he didn’t eat it and we were the only two in the house. So, maybe I am sleepwalking and eating. God, how pitiful would that be?
Way to go! Hopefully the midnight snacks weren’t too tempting for you.
Hey way to go with all that control u have over ur self!!!amazing!!keep it up!!about the chiro..i suffer form extreme back pain due to my ribs and i did go to a chiro..i did work..but he had promised the pain will go and never come back..but it isnt anything like that..you just have to deal with the pain unfortunately..go easy on ur self..ur doing great so u dont have to kill yourself!!keep up the gd work!! Btw yes malta is an island in the mediterranean..just below italy:)