Days 6 & 7: Finishing the Week Strong

To be honest, I think I did pretty well for the most part during this crazy weekend. I wasn't perfect, but I was stronger than I think I was giving myself credit for.

Let's hit the key points:

Saturday

• Took L (2 year old) to a birthday party. There were bagels and fruit out for the adults, pizza and cake for the kids. Did not take a bite.  I had some cravings, but nothing like the day before at synagogue with the bagels/donuts.
• Went on an impromptu afternoon trip to the zoo with my husband, my sister, and 4 of the 5 kids, including both of mine.  Everyone ate beforehand, but the kids wanted to snack a lot. I brought cheese sticks, fruit, and crackers for them. I had my Medifast bar and I was fine with that. It was actually very pleasant out, and the zoo was practically empty.  It was a pleasant afternoon. Food was not a factor in that.
• Dinner was Chinese Buffet with the family because it is convenient and fast.  I had salad, crab legs, some chicken & broccoli, and green beans. Of course everything (but the crabs) had a sauce/dressing of some kind, but I think I made pretty good choices and I didn't eat too much. I sat patiently while everyone ate their fruit and fried dough and ice cream and I was MOSTLY ok with it. The nice thing about Crab Legs is that they take so long to take apart, that you don't eat them as quickly.

Sunday

• There was an a capella concert and Channukah party at our synagogue. I ate a bar before we left, which was actually my breakfast because I got a bit of a late start. After the performance, we went into the ballroom for food which consisted of:  potato latkes, donuts, chocolate gelt, and fruit-snacks. In other words, carbs, carbs, carbs, and some more carbs. I focused on getting food for everyone else, and ate another bar. I didn't feel too deprived
• After some child-shuffling, I had a 4 hour rehearsal for the Nutcracker. I had a quick medifast meal before that. They had provided snacks for the orchestra, in the form of [what looked like AMAZING] crumb cake and cookies.   I ate a bag of pretzels and left that room and spent the rest of the break in the auditorium.
• When I met up with my family, they had just finished eating a pizza dinner, I ate some salad with cheese chunks on top. I stayed downstairs during dessert. My mom scolded me like a child because I DID take a tiny nip of cake frosting on my finger on its way to the dishwasher...

All things considered?

This weekend went better than I expected.

I was STRONGER than I expected.

I need to get over the feeling that I'm being deprived by eating healthy.  Work in progress, but I'm going in the right direction. I hope the scale agrees with me tomorrow.