Day 17

Morning Scale Report: -1 lb. :)

8:30 - Lemon Bar (tasted worse than usual, I need a lot of water to get it down)
10:30 - Tropical Punch drink (worst MF meal EVER. I could not finish it. *gag*)
12:30 - Southwest salad with chicken
4:30 - hot chocolate
6:30 - caramel bar
9:00 - MF chicken noodle soup (blah, the chicken is so rubbery)

I'm proud of myself because last night Mike stayed late at work so I had to come home by myself. And I didn't cheat at all! Oh wait, grrr, I had a single chips ahoy cookie. I had almost forgotten about that. But I didn't have it because I felt like I deserved it as "reward" for doing dinner and bedtime for the kids while Mike played computer games. I think I ate it because my son rejected it and I didn't want to just throw it away (yes, a whole other issue, though I normally don't mind throwing away food or composting it).

Anyway, I had a good attitude last night. :)

Today is also successful so far (apart from my salad - see below) because it's doughnut day at work again, and when I walked by the box at 11 I noticed my favorite kind was still in there. And listen, I didn't want it. For a tiny second I wanted it, but then I remembered that I don't really like it that much. I eat it because of a work tradition and as something I anticipate and look forward to. But I don't like the doughnuts from that bakery very much and I realized they didn't look that great to me. Even my favorite.

Really.

Food Confessions: My southwest salad today had some forbidden stuff on it - some corn, guac and thin tortilla chips. I picked a bunch out and didn't eat them, but I did eat some that I couldn't easily get out and didn't want to dig for. It also didn't have very much chicken, so I'm going to have to think up another protein.

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