Day Five - Home baked temptations

I've been doing fairly well on this journey of mine. Four perfect days of eating under my belt, and a steadily dropping weight to show for it. But today was my worst day yet.

In my family, I have a few children who love to bake. Every day since starting this life change, my son has been begging to make cookies. For those of you who know me well, you know how much I appreciate a delicious cookie, fresh out of the oven. The melting chips, the crispy edges, the soft centers. Yeah, I'm a sucker for home baked cookies.

When I first told my friend about the food changes I was going to eat, she warned me that I should still be sensitive to the wants of my family. I may be changing everything all at once, but I want to bring them along gradually with me. So today I said yes to my son.

He and my daughter made up a delicious smelling batch of peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. Just for a refresher, here's all the ingredients I'm supposed to avoid: peanuts, eggs, butter, wheat flour, and sugar. That pretty much leaves the baking soda, salt, and vanilla! I thought I'd be strong, and for a few hours I was. But walking by the tray of cookies time after time, I finally caved.

Yep. I ate a cookie. This probably sounds absurd to most of you reading this. It's a cookie. What's the big deal? For me, that cookie represented both a weakness and a victory. It was obviously a weakness because I ate something I know is bad for me. In the past I've eaten many cookies, not worrying about what they were doing to my body. But today I knew better.

Here's where the victory comes in. I was able to eat just one small cookie and stop. Yes, they still smell delicious, and look as yummy as they tasted. But for me, choosing only one was a huge victory. So I'm kicking myself a little bit, and mostly trying to smile and move forward with my journey.

And the cookies? They quickly made their way onto paper plates to be handed out to the neighbors surrounding us. My children got exercise running from house to house, and I got rid of my worst temptation.

Here's photos of what I ate today.  Lunch was a salad topped with peppers, sprouts, cheese, and tomatoes.  I never realized how much I enjoy raw peppers.  For dinner we had taco salad, which is another meal I could eat with the family.  I tell you, eating this good is spoiling me!