Me Vs Fast Food

Weekends are so hard for me. I find myself in situations where I'm exposed to so many more temptations where we need something to eat and fast food is always there. I don't know about you, but it is very hard for me to walk into a fast food restuarant and order healthy stuff.

Here is me walking in the door (or at the drive thru), repeating over and over, I am ordering a salad, I am ordering a salad, I am ordering a salad, Ok maybe a small cheeseburger, no I am ordering a salad, I am ordering a salad, well I can order the kids meal - the portions are pretty small, not a lot of damage, No No I am ordering a salad, I am ordering a salad ...
Cashier, "Can I help You?"
Me: "Umm, okay Big Mac Meal with a Diet Coke" Crap did that just come out of my mouth! The evil side of my brain has taken over claiming "you know you hate their salads."

So until I can beat that evil fat and salt craving monster taking over my brain when I order, I avoid those fast food restuarants. I can go to Subway, and I have been able to go to Taco Bell and get their tacos fresca style, they are pretty good, but I have to order really fast and not look at the menu. Also Chick-fil-a has a salad that is good and is a decent number of points.

Funny thing is I don't really miss the greasy fast food much. In fact recently I ate a fast food burger and fries and I felt crummy (and it wasn't out of guilt!). It's like I felt all that grease and salt contaminating my body ruining the clean feeling I had from eating healthy. It wasn't worth it.

So I am giving myself a little pat on the back. I followed my plan for 3 whole days and each morning I weighed a little less. I know I need to quit weighing myself every day, but I really needed the motivation. I know the weight I am losing is all the water weight that I gained from my high fat, high salt, high sugar diet over the last two weeks, but that is okay. I am ready to get back to where I was and then on to smaller numbers.

Oh I also actually exercised for an hour at the Y last night. First time in over a month! It wasn't too bad. The hardest part was making myself go.

So I am going to splurge a little today, but Saturday and Sunday I am going to be strong and stay in control. Until next time ...