Staying Stong is a whole other battle! |
Last night I went to a party by my friend Mary’s house. It was a jewlery and other great accessory demonstration. About almost every woman I know was there…you know that women can not resist jewels! Anyway, I was getting comments left and right how I looked like I lost some weight. Not everyone knows what I am doing, they just think that I am dieting - so they aren’t just telling me to make me feel good. The comments made me feel REAL great because if other people can see my body changing, then something that I am doing must be right.
Being at the party meant that there was tons of food! Again, I found myself at a dilemma about a party and food. I did select some food out of the bunch that I decided to make healthy! Fried Chick again…. you know that the skin is the best part, but yet again I took off the skin and threw it out. There was also an antipasto salad, which is a bed of lettuce with different kinds of italian meat and cheeses on it. I ate some of that, but picked and chose which meats I ate. The portions were small and I really wasn’t hungry anyway. I am finding that the smaller portions I eat in Phase II, I seem to be satisfied. I drank water with lemons and one glass of lemonade. There were all sorts of dips. Some were store bought, but some were made as well. I was reading the sides of the containers and found out that some of the dips weren’t that bad. I had a veggie dip (which 2 TBS were 15 calories). My friend’s mom gave me celery sticks so I had some celery with veggie dip (instead of chips that were there calling my name). After about an hour, dessert was put out. My friend’s favorite cake is a “tres leche” cake that she gets from a bakery. There were other items as well, but I had my eyes set out on that cake. Unlike my nephew’s birthday party, I did not sit in the corner and hoard the cake, I stayed strong and said NO! 
I really did want a sweet, so my friend’s mom gave me a low-fat jello with a fat free whipped cream on top. It was delicious! I felt pretty good at this point because I lasted through the whole party WITHOUT caving in.
Not only through Phase I and Phase II, I learned how to eat correctly,how to decipher the exersice I should be doing, but now I learned how to control my urges. I could have easily picked up a piece of cake, but instead I ate a low fat jello.
The stronger my body grows the stronger my will power grows, and that is another step closer in reaching my “bikini”
