Taunting me...

SOMEONE TELL ME TO STAY OFF THE SCALE!!!  Why do I do this to myself?  I was so happy that I was down 2.2 lbs. this weekend.  I really felt like I have been doing so well with my tracking and working out that I thought I’d take a sneak peak before Friday…not a good idea.  I am making a pact with myself that I will only weigh on Fridays, and I mean it.  I don’t need the demotivation from a bad scale day.  Also, I know that from any given day your weight can fluctuate 2-5lbs.  It could be what you ate, retaining water, that time of the month, etc.  I just have to work the plan and it will work for me.  Stepping down off my soap box…

Monday was great – I only had one meeting and was able to work on next year’s budget plans almost all day, which is a good thing because I have two budget meetings this week.  ‘Tis that time of year!  Guess what else it is time for….office treats.  Everywhere I turn is cookies, cronuts, coffee cake, cupcakes (Lord help me and give me strength).  Okay so I said I’d be honest and accountable here…

So a cupcake company place came to our work today.  They brought a fruit tray, cupcakes, coffee cake, and a cronut tray  (cronuts – from what I can tell – are a croissant mixed with a donut).  I loaded up on the fruit and then had one tiny sliver (less than a bite each) of a chocolate iced cronut and coffee cake.  I just had to have a taste!  I have wanted to know what a cronut is like forevahh.  I follow Heidi Klum on Instagram and she is always talking about cronuts.  First of all, how does she freaking look like that and eat cronuts is what I’d like to know.  Anyways – now I can say I’ve had a taste and I can let it go, for reals.  It was kind of dry, not that great.

So I was feeling pretty good about myself for navigating through the morning desserts and then, they delivered my ultimate weakness – frosted sugar cookies.  These are the most amazing sugar cookies I have ever had in my life.  I am not underestimating the pleasure I get from one of these cookies.  I took a picture to capture the sugar sweet yumminess.  However, I did not have one!  Someone even offered to split with me.  I thought about it and if I could go without it, or think about it for days on end.  I decided I could live without it (especially after I weighed myself this morning).  I even avoided it when someone came to my office with the tray, asked if I wanted one, I said no thank you, they left, backed up and came back in…are you sure?  I said stop taunting me!  I still abstained from those beautiful cookies.

The rest of the day went on without additional temptation.  I got my hair cut tonight – feels so good to have someone else wash and style your hair – a little bit of pampering goes a long way.  My aunt has done my hair for 18 years; she recently moved to Arizona and left me without a stylist.  It is like finding a new boyfriend, do I like you, am I your type…well after a few tries, I finally found someone I like and can afford.  We’ve seen each other twice now and I think it’s going to last.

When I got home I warmed up some chicken tortilla soup and made a garden salad, perfect, especially on this cold night.  My dinner was only 428 calories and I put a ton of stuff on my soup and salad.  I topped the soup with cheddar cheese, sour cream, and tortilla chips (mmmm); I put Dorothy Lynch (my fave), croutons, cheddar cheese, and red onion on my salad (mmmm again)!  I am very happy, warm, and full.  Time to settle in and watch some Monday night football!