Today is NOT that Day!!!

  Mondays have always been one of my favorite days at work.  It really has nothing to do with work, except for the fact that Monday is the day that we get lunch catered by a pharmaceutical company. There are endless possibilities of what could be brought in.  I always look forward to seeing what kind of delicious cuisine we are gonna have to start out the week.
   As I've already confessed in this blog, I am a food lover. As long as there is not mayonnaise involved, I will eat almost anything.  It gets even better when the food is free.  Since we have had a holiday for the past 2 Monday's, I have not had to deal with the Monday lunch temptation.  I have worried and thought about this day for the last week.  Since I started my diet, all of my meals have pretty much been controlled.  I have planned, cooked, and packed all of my meals.  The fear of not having control of my menu was a little unsettling. 
  I decided to pack a back up lunch along with my daily snacks just in case the catered meal didn't arrive or it was something that I did not want to eat today. As scheduled, the food arrived around 11:30am.  It was of course, my absolute favorite, Mexican.  I was determined not to ruin my diet.  I ate a yummy meal with no red meat, no cheese or cheese dip, no chips and no tortillas. Basically I ate a yummy chicken and veggie taco salad.  As I sat with my friends, I ate my lunch and enjoyed every bite.  When I was done, I could see all of the temptations right there on my table.  I knew I had had enough, but dang did that cheese dip look good. I did not want to eat a weeks worth of calories at one meal.
  As has become habit in the last week, I took my tennis shoes to work.  Instead of  torturing myself any further by looking at the cheese dip, chips, and guacamole, I went for a walk.  One of my walking buddies went with me and I ended lunch feeling really good. I did not cave to my ultimate temptation.
I know that a day will come when I will be able to have a couple of chips and stop, but I also know that today is not that day.  For now, I am happy to make these small sacrifices to get myself into shape.