Temptations. You know, like a whole box of Oatmeal Creme Pies.

I have been this close (insert two fingers almost touching) to straying from my diet tonight...not necessarily because I feel hungry, but because I am craving sugar. I know I don't need it and I am not even hungry, but I WANT IT. I want white chocolate kisses, I want pretzel m&ms, and most of all, I want a box of oatmeal creme pies. Yes, I said a box.

BUT - and this is a big but...I didn't eat any of those things. I listened to my stomach (I was not actually hungry) and I distracted myself with downing a glass of water and playing Headbandz with my kid and husband. It really did help. Plus, I saved my fruit for after dinner today so I got to dive in to a delicious juicy apple and I know this was the right choice.

How quickly I forgot about the pain processed foods had been causing me?! After reminding myself 5-6 times of the cramps, the pain, and the frequent bathroom visits that I get when I eat unhealthy, my cravings quickly subsided. Any other day I would have downed one, or five, of those OCP's in a second, but with the power of mind control (haha, totally kidding...I was weak and happened to win this one) I succeeded! I am proud of myself :)

So - food reviews. Today I had 1/2 grapefruit for breakfast, rosemary garlic chicken left overs on spinach salad with home made dressing and crushed melba toast for lunch, Boca burger (1.5) and grilled onions for dinner and an apple (not an OCP!) for "dessert" and I feel absolutely wonderful!

My energy levels are higher - I can tell that I don't feel as sluggish and I don't want to just sit around doing nothing. I don't know if this is real, or if I am just feeling really good today, but my knees and other joints don't hurt as much when I squat and am constantly up and down on the floor with my 15 month old. This is huge to me! Since the swelling and bloating has gone down, I feel like I can move better - that's the only way I can explain it. I am not stuck in some Michelin man suit, which is seriously how I felt at times when the bloating got really bad...like I had a huge suit that my real body was stuck inside - hard to move, hard to want to do anything...uncomfortable.

Very happy with my choices and really looking forward to stepping on the scale tomorrow morning!