Sunday was a challenge - church-wide breakfast before services and a wonderful open house lunch at a dear friend of mine. I did pretty good at breakfast, YAY! I had a tiny taste of cheese grits and a tiny taste of breakfast casserole, but this was after eating according to plan and about an hour after setting up the church kitchen for the breakfast.
Lunch was another story. It is soooo hard to explain to people why I'm choosing to eat differently. And it's also so hard to choose to eat well when everyone around you (including your kids) are telling you "oh, it's ok to cheat, besides it's Easter!" Grrrrrr! And then add to these outside forces trying to batter my already fragile willpower into submission, the fact that I really am weak when it comes to saying no to amazing home-made food. Hence, I didn't bring any NutriSystem items. I didn't want the battle of asking my hostess to let me takeover her kitchen to prepare my own special food. She would not have cared, but I would have felt terribly embarrassed for asking.
I kept telling myself "taste sensation - not eat everything in sight!". I did pretty good in terms of actual lunch, but my friend made these delicious pink chocolate fudgy things. They were pretty small and I only ate one. But one is one too much, especially for something that is solid sugar and has no nutritional content!
What do other people do in these situations? I am a pastor's wife so I can't really stay under the radar in terms of avoiding the table. Has anyone else experienced the "oh it's ok to eat it" phenomenon?
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