I have a good feeling about this one.
I spent nearly two hours at the grocery store, reading ingredients and choosing, what I hope is, the healthiest food one could eat over a week.
But, looking around the aisles, I wondered what other foods will tempt me this week. Tuesday is Cinco de Mayo-and boy do I love margaritas and nachos. I know I will have to avoid both those things to achieve a healthy week.
Sunday is Mother's Day, and I plan to travel home. Now, I don't know how many of you are in the same situation as me, or at least a similar one, but my move from New Jersey to New York would have been a breeze, if it weren't for food item. There are absolultey, positively no quality bagel shops (as in a store that is solely made to sell bagels) around me. So for me, one of my favorite aspects of going home is a soft, chewy bagel. Nope, won't be having any of those this week.
Those are the only two days that from now I can predict to be an issue, but there are so many other tempting days in a week as well. There's every day at lunch time when your co-workers want to grab a piece of pizza. There's every night before the gym, when you're tempted to skip to eat something naughty instead. Literally every day can be tempting in the wrong direction.
At the grocery store, I carefully planned out every meal for the next seven days though, and if I can stick to it, maybe I'll treat myself on day eight.
What do you do when temptation knocks?
posted @ Sunday, May 03, 2009 8:40 PM