There is a place in every school in America known as The Teacher's Lounge. It's a place where teachers can eat and sometimes stop for a quick chat, but lounging, there's really no time for that. What you may not know about the teacher's lounge is that well-meaning teachers and other staff members bring all kinds of goodies to share and they place them in the teacher's lounge. Now, being part of a special team this year, I actually have access to TWO teachers' lounges, which means twice as many temptations to deal with. I am usually good about avoiding the lounge altogether and if I do happen to find myself in the lounge, I have done pretty well avoiding the treats or only getting a tiny portion.
Today, I woke up with all intentions to not have any dessert type foods today, but we were celebrating a co-worker's birthday and the social aspect of eating snatched me up. You'll see in my food journal exactly what the Teacher's Lounge did to me today.
But, I can't and won't beat myself up. I must continue to be in good spirits and recognize that tomorrow is a new day and a new opportunity. It is when we can't move past these moments or we are guilt-laden that failure begins to rear it's ugly head. It is when we start a pattern of these types of indulgences that we find it difficult to break. I must say that the homemade goodies were quite delish and in my opinion worth every calorie. I have learned to stop eating something if it is not good enough to "spend" those calories, kind of like spending money. I have to decide whether it's worth it or not. And of course, I have had days where I just didn't give a flip and was eating because of stress or boredom or something similar. But well thought-out indulgences do help me to feel that I'm still in control.
With today's calorie intake, I'll just make today (would've been tomorrow) one of my higher calorie days and continue the journey...
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