I've had a hard time getting to my blog this week. I didn't have air conditioning for two nights, which was not an environment conducive to writing. And, my work schedule has been insane this week -- draining all my energy.
So, I've been distracted. But, not from the diet. I'm still in the box and maintaining my fitness routine. And, this week my body feels like it's beginning to shift in size. Clothes feel a little looser. So, that is exciting and reinforcing the box.
However, it is hard to always be in the box. Tuesday night I had a charity function at a gorgeous home with lots of wine and delicious looking refreshments. I would love to have had a glass of wine. But, I didn't. I stuck with the water. Hmmm, wine. I miss you, my friend. Then, today... we hosted a board retreat for a nonprofit I work with... well, actually I'm board chair. My staff took care of the catering order. So, I never had to think about it. But, I was hungry when I got there. Really didn't eat much before the retreat. The catering came and there were sandwiches for days (none of those looked tempting), SunChips (which did look tempting, especially considering my love for crunchy things), and finally there were cookies and cookies and cookies. The cookies were so inviting. And there was a tray of them untouched. An entire tray! An entire tray of delicious chocolate chip cookies saying take me home with you... I could imagine them dunked in milk. Hmmmm. So, I took them. Yes, I did. I took them. When the retreat ended, I grabbed the unopened tray of cookies and left the building. I ran to my car and drove straight to the daycare in the neighborhood of my office. I walked in and handed them to a teacher there I know. I can not tell you how excited they were to get them. The kids were thrilled, and the teachers seemed even happier. And, so I said goodbye to those evil, vicious, delicious, tempting chocolate chip cookies who wanted to see me out of my box.
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