Temptation, Temptation

Hey everyone!!

I know it's been a while since my last post. Things have been crazy busy lately. I feel like I'm always working, and I've been taking online classes, so I've been a little stressed, lol. Sorry to have kept you waiting, and I hope you've all been eagerly awaiting my latest post! Unfortunately, I don't exactly bring good tidings with this post.

In fact, I have some bad news...

I caved. I gave in. I fell off the wagon. I'm a cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater (pumpkin ice cream, to be more specific). Over the past week or so, despite my best efforts to bring healthy meals to work and avoid temptation at home and out to eat, I've had the occasional slip up. I'm not proud of myself by any stretch of the imagination, and the fact that my occasional cheating has caused my weight to plateau in the past week is hugely disappointing to me. In addition, I've been PMSing this week, and as all the ladies know, this causes you to retain water and have some hardcore cravings. I wish I could tell you that my PMS cravings were along the lines of, "Hmm... I could really go for a candy bar right now." Sadly, my PMS cravings overwhelm me with the unfortunate desire to pillage an entire small country, eating all of their livestock and crops.

Now, PMS is not an excuse to eat your weight in junk food. There are ways to deal with your cravings, and I just wish that I'd had some more willpower over the past week to deal with my own cravings. There are protein bars out there that are absolutely delicious and can be used as a meal replacement or low carb afternoon snack. My personal favorite are the Pure Protein bars. You can buy them in bulk at places like Sam's Club, and they have some awesome flavors like chocolate peanut butter. It's no Reese's, but it does get the job done.

But let's get back to my little cheating slip-up. Not only did I let myself down, but I let you, my readers down. Yes, this is a weight loss journey, and I'm not perfect, but at the same time, who wants to read a weight loss blog about a girl who gave up half way through and got fat again? The fact of the matter is, I've lost almost 30 pounds. THIRTY pounds!! That's kind of a big deal. And all of the weight that I lost was a direct result of hard work, not cheating.

And I'm gonna let you all in on a little secret about cheating. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. Seriously. I know we've all heard countless fitness experts say things like this on TV, but it's because it's TRUE. There's a little saying I learned once; "A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips." Truer words have never been spoken. I work at Dunkin' Donuts, and despite the great personal strength I think I've exhibited in resisting many of their tempting pastry treats, one day I gave in and had a chocolate glazed donut. And I'm gonna tell you what. IT WASN'T WORTH IT. Yes, it tasted pretty good for the 30 or so seconds it took me to eat it. But once it was gone, all I felt was guilt. And nausea. Yes, literal nausea. Foods like chocolate glazed donuts are not meant to be put into our bodies. They're not really food! 95% of it is chemicals. (Trust me, when you work at Dunkin' Donuts for five years, you learn some things that you wish you didn't know.) Once you make the decision to lead a healthy lifestyle, your body is going to get used to eating nutritious foods, and eating processed fast food of any kind will literally make you sick. After eating that ONE donut, I felt sick for the rest of the night. Not worth it. And cheating once only leads to cheating again, and no one wants that. You just have to have the willpower to say no, and get right back into the routine of making healthy decisions.

So with that being said, I hope that you all won't judge me too harshly, and that you'll continue reading so we can all focus on being successful, and not slipping up. Stay tuned, because I'm going to have a lot of posts coming your way to make up for my impromptu hiatus, and I have a little something special planned in my next post for all you coffee lovers out there :) Remember, stay healthy!

Chocolate Glazed Munchkins: The bane of my existence : /