Day 23 - May 3rd

2nd to last day!!!!!

8:30 a.m.ish
(✓) 1st Yellow Packet
(✓) Fruit Punch Spark
(✓) 3 Catalyst
9:00 a.m.ish
(✓) 1st White Packet
(✓) Chocolate Meal Replacement Shake
11:30 a.m.
(✓) 2nd Yellow Packet
(✓) 3 Catalyst
12:30 p.m.
(✓) Olive Garden Salad!! (With Aunt Jan & Sami! :))
(✓) 1 Breadstick
(✓) Water
1:20 p.m.
(✓) 2nd White Packet
(✓) 1/2 Serving of Frozen Fruit (Warmed in the microwave)
3:30 p.m.
(✓) Serving of peas & green beans

I was staring at the pack of iced cookies on the back counter at work. I literally had the pack in my hands and I was trying to decode the ingredients on the back of the package. I was looking for some of the bad stuff that I wasn't suppose to eat. I saw most of the ingredients were things that I recognized and I couldn't break down and "just have one". In the past I would "just have one" because my self-control was non-existent. I couldn't even tell myself "no". Literally in the back of my mind, I had this craving and impulse to eat the sweets that were staring me in the face. I wouldn't care if I were "trying to be good" or not. My impulse was just to eat the cookie and get on with my life. NOT TODAY. I didn't even feel like it!

I even had the chance to eat a slice of cake at the ribbon cutting that we had at noon. I didn't even "feel" like I wanted a piece. It didn't even look good to me. Sure, it was easy enough for me to down the piece of cake and never think about it again. Sure, it could have been the polite thing to do, but I just didn't want to. UNREAL. That NEVER happens to me. I always have that "guilt" in my mind that I don't want to hurt people's feelings if I don't consume whatever they have to offer. I'm sorry, but I respectfully decline.... And why is "respectfully declining" such a big deal?? In our society, it is looked down upon if you do not consume what it put in front of your face. Guess what, you have the choice and the right to say no! If someone were to put drugs in your face, would you say... "Ok, just a little"? No. (Well, I would hope you would say no.) I know drugs aren't as harmful as the piece of cake is, but in the overall aspect of what you put in your body..., you don't really know what either one will have an effect on your body. I now choose to be in charge of what foods I put in my body. They might not always be the healthiest, but at least I am aware of it!

Okey okey... Back to my recap of the 2nd to last day!!!

5:20 p.m.
(✓) 3 Catalyst
(✓) Water
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Zumba with Anne & Dani!!

After Zumba, I was hungry and I knew that I was really craving fruits, so I stopped out to Woodmans and got my "Fruit fix". (That seems so weird that I have a fruit craving, because before, I was addicted to candy!!) I bought potatoes, strawberries, grapes, baby carrots, cantaloupe, and tomatoes.

After I was done shopping, I was driving on my way home. I was SUPER hungry after working out and then walking around Woodman's for a while. I needed to have something...So I ate 2 tomatoes on the way home. And guess what, I will not allow myself to wear a white coat while eating tomatoes... :P

Supper:
(✓) 3 Tomatoes (including the ones on the drive home)
(✓) Can of Tuna
(✓) Handful of baby carrots
(✓) 2 Servings of Strawberries with sugar alternative.

My goodness, I sure felt good at the end of the day! Bring on Day 24!!!