I started off the morning early - I know, I was just as surprised as you are, but somehow, someway I woke up at 7am this morning, rather than my usual 7:30-7:45 with much poking and prodding from the Hubby. I was wide awake, and alert, so we left for work earlier than usual and my very first initial thought was "Hunny, lets swing by McDonalds and I'll buy my valentine breakfast!" Which is a sweet sentiment, but not when you factor in that my "usual" is 750 calories, which is more than half of my daily allotment. And Ben's usual totals a whopping 1150 calories!!! So Healthy Heather stopped the fattening thoughts of my little inner Fat Kid, and I didn't suggest anything of the sort to Ben, and we headed to work as usual.
Once we got there however, the treats were already there - starting with 2 bite brownies the secretary had brought in, and placed out at the coffee bar for everyone to take. I first had my apple, and a boiled egg for breakfast. Then one brownie. Only one. ... or two. I had resolved for only one, and made myself blueberry tea rather than having coffee (go me!) but then the tea left a god awful taste in my mouth, so I grabbed a brownie to change the flavour. It is now 2:15pm and I haven't had another brownie. I'm proud of myself - that's 4 hours with the bite size temptations sitting there calling my name, and I haven't bothered to even wander over there! This is success for me - the old Heather would have eaten half the tray all on my own (half? Heather who are we kidding? I would have Hovered the whole thing!). Just before Christmas I brought in the same brownies to share with everyone, and I think I had 7 or 8 of them!
Then one of my employees came in with Lindt Chocolate Hearts for everyone, and placed two on my desk while I was on a phone call. Now the fat kid in me would eagerly grab both hearts and shove them in my mouth before anyone knew they were there. But I was good - of course I"m not going to turn down lindt, since it's my favorite, but I am going to share - so I did. I immediately took one heart and brought it to Ben. then I slowly savored the second heart. Totally. Worth. It.
I'm now sipping water and feeling very pleased with myself. Today is definitely not an easy day for me, especially because of my severe Chocolate Addiction, but I think I've handled myself quite well considering!
Oh - and I weighed myself this morning, and I'm 206.7 - so I'm still on track for losing weight! I'm expecting my weight to drop again this week! :) I'm feeling awesome, and working out every night is fast becoming one of my favorite de-stressers! I cant' wait for the snow to melt so I can start running again!
Motivation:
(I want arms like those!):
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