Free Cheese!

Hey Guys,

Okay, so if you're anything like me....and you are because you are reading food blogs...you have that one thing that is just so decadent to you and amazingly wonderful that even if it is not healthy, you wonder if you will ever have the courage to give it up. Well folks, my one thing is cheese.

I have been doing so amazing lately in not having cheese very much, if at all because my husband is trying to cut dairy completely out of his diet (more on that later). However, when something like what happened this morning to me happens, it is literally impossible for for me to resist. Literally.

I went into the grocery store for my weekly trip, and low and behold, there is a sample lady. What does she have sitting there as glorious little cubes of heaven on a toothpick? Cubes of cheese. That's right. Cubes of cheese. I love, love, LOVE cheese. You don't even know how much. My thighs sure do know, but well, you get the point. My pounds have been on a steady decline for the past few weeks; which is great! I haven't even been buying real cheese, which makes me want it less. So there she was, free cheese, whatever kind that was on sale. Get your free cheese sample, right here! I mean really how does she sleep at night knowing she is delivering drugs to innocent thighs like mine?! Really. So guys....I HAD to have just one....how many of you know I didn't just have one? Right....I had another and another, and oh, one of the ones that were baked and covered in a sinful peach glaze...and another....So granted they were only like a half inch cube each, but I am sure she wishes that I never got off work this morning and came to her cheese department. I mean who takes 5 (yeah, 5) samples from the poor grocery store lady? I guess I do. Pathetic.


Oh well, I gave in. Such is life...and this morning, for about 2 minutes...it was very good. ;-)


Yesterday's Eats!

the snacks were a banana, a brown rice cake with peanut butter, strawberries and pineapples

...which included this awesome new better peanut butter

then I made this yummy friend, which was a multigrain flaxseed wrap with spinach, kidney beans, red pepper and a little rice cheese

...it was one of my better ideas ;-) pretty dang good.

...more on the rice cheese topic to come...

so of course I added that to the leftover veggies from last night

then I had 2 multigrain waffles with agave and 2 egg whites...yeah I know, at 9pm...I get a little crazy with it sometimes. It's all good, luckily my body has no idea what time it is :-)

My Question for You: What is your one thing?

Temptation All Around

Goodmorning All!
I just wanted to share a little something about what I am up against externally in my weight loss battle. I am the only person in my family, both my relatives and in-laws as well, that is making an attempt at healthy eating choices. By the only, I do mean to include my husband, but yes we are the only. We also often spend quite a bit more time with his family at gatherings, almost every weekend it seems. His family is rather large and full of birthdays and events. This past weekend was a going away party for a cousin who recently joined the army. Below is a sample of the yummy, yet not particularly healthy options that were available. Get ready to pack on the pounds just looking at it all.

so by the way...this sausage pizza was about the size of an SUV tire or something like that....and there were 2 of them

a veggie pizza concoction with crescent rolls and cream cheese 

loads of white french bread

oh look! another load of french bread...

potato salad with full fat mayo and whole eggs....

macaroni and cheese simmering away with gobs of cheese, milk and butter in a crock pot...

pulled pork...

oh, this is a good one....sausages simmering in tomato sauce with green peppers and onions...

taco salad with loads of cheese and re fried beans of course!

what party would be complete without a tray of cookies?

chips to go with the taco dip of course

So I know what you're thinking. It could NOT be like this at every gathering. Well, you're wrong. It most certainly is. Obviously I am not faulting them, but is it EXTREMELY hard to be around all this yummy food that is obviously not the best choice for my goals? Of course it is. But this is family fun to them. Family Love=Must Have Massive Amounts Of Yummy Fattening Things. They add in a few games and opening presents, but this is the central theme. This is just how they are, and that's fine. I love 'em anyway! I am just going to have to be very strategic with my choices or somehow find a way to turn them down all together. This is after all, a new beginning, one that I would like to last. People sometimes either tend to be over critical of you "dieting". Or they feel like they have to babysit you, and watch over your every decision. Then there is the dreaded "are you still on that diet?" at every turn! It's a nightmare. I am tired of completely focusing on making great choices Monday through Friday, losing a mere one or two pounds, then after the weekend, gaining it all back in sodium intake even if I watch my portions!

My Question To You: How do you deal with outside influences when it comes to your healthy food decision making at social events, at work, etc?