Temptation.
Well, yesterday was the "infamous" Staff Day which, this year, most of us had to admit it really wasn't too bad.
As previously determined, I brought my own lunch and snacks along, so I could stay "on plan". And all went very well and easily... until the afternoon snack break. Which featured miniature desserts: eclairs, brownies, etc. But, I remained strong and broke out my 100 Calorie Bag of Cheddar Goldfish. Temptation met and resisted.
Then, afterwards, a bunch of us headed off to a local bar for some good-bye drinks with a colleague who is moving on to another job. Since I was still taking pain meds for my TOM, I was good and stuck to Sprite Zero.
Then came the hardest temptation of all: Since it was dinnertime, several people went over to the pizza shop next door to the bar and came back with pies to share. MAN, did that pizza smell good.
This is literally the strongest temptation I've felt to go off-diet since I started on Sept. 30. BUT, even though there were definitely voices in my head saying, "One piece can't hurt that bad, can it?" and "Maybe you can just stop at Arby's on the way home?" and "Wow, does that pizza smell amazing or what?", I (somehow) managed to remain strong. (It didn't hurt that my pride was on the line, since I'd been answering questions all day with: "No thanks, I'm on a diet.")
So, my will power was *severely* tested, but I managed to hold temptation at bay. Oy!