Dear Blog; Day 44

Happy Birthday to my life coach she turned 25 +30 today. We (a lot of the family) went out to a special dinner at our favorite place. This is one of those places that brings out rolls at the beginning of the meal. These types of places are evil, yep I said evil. The basket was piled so high I almost wanted to jump into them and roll around and squeeze them and just breath in their heavenly aroma. Good thing that wicked waitress put them down at the other end of the table. (doesn't mean I didn't stare at them through almost all of dinner though.) I was a good girl and ordered my grilled chicken, broccoli, and salad. I salavated over my nephews chicken strips, my uncles hamburger, and my nieces french fries. The funny thing about it was I didn't really want to eat them, I just wanted to smell them. Weird huh? I knew what they tasted like, I have had those things several times in the past, but I miss the smell. Good juicy burger in a bun, fried chicken and salty french fries. Those things have comforting smells to them. I was happy with my choices I honestly was, but no one was willing to let me sniff their food. How rude I say!

I am very very proud of my life coach. It was her birthday. On your birthday you deserve treats and food; what ever you want. But when doing medifast it doesn't make exceptions for birthdays or special occasions or holidays. So for her there was no dessert, no eating what ever she wanted and certainly no rolls. She even (applause here) passed her free dessert on to her grandson. She is a strong woman! But I know for her, even though she wanted it really badly, I mean REALLY BADLY her long term goal (and the fact that I was sitting right there watching her like a hawk)was more important then the instant gratification she would have gotten from that little dessert.

Teaching our minds to think differently is one of the hardest habits to change. You can stop eating non-healthy foods, you can excercise 5 days a week and you can meditate or do yoga; but none of that will be a permanent change unless you change the way you think.

Tonight Angela 8 Food 1 (and 1 point to my life coach for being a great example!)

Love Angela