Fatvertising stole my pockets

I am marketers dream! I cannot see an advertisement for greasy fast food and not think...mmm..mama want! This morning as I drove my son to his monthly doctor's appointment I passed a highway exit sign that listed off the eating establishments I could find if I decided to take a detour. It was like something out of a movie when I saw the sign for Chik-fil-A. I was nowhere near but in my head I could smell that yummy chicken. Thought bubbles appeared above my head with cows marching back and forth chanting " Eat more chicken". The reality is that I have to convince myself to choose a Mango Greek Yogurt and a frozen breakfast pocket over a flaky buttery biscuit stuffed with a tender piece of battered meat...let's get real. The yogurt will NEVER taste as good. Never ever ever!! The right foods can taste great but who doesn't want to occasionally bite into a caloric heart attack. The difference with me is that I want to bite into one every day of my life.
Yesterday for example I decided that I would treat my son to McDonald's. I managed to pass through the drivethrough with nothing more than a Diet Coke for myself. " Pat myself on the back". Then I get home and my 13 year-old cousin decides she is also hungry and being the nice person that I am, I took her back....BAD PLAN! Turning your cheek to temptation once is difficult enough but twice prooved impossible for me. Now before you judge...hear me out because there is...at least in my eyes a silver lining. My little cousin is thin...she is still 13 so she still eat half a cow and nothing at all happens. I remember those days. I had a little waist and big boobs and a butt. I was like Kim Kardashians lost sister but then suddenly an evil spell was cast and I turned into Chloe....that's a girl that gets my pain and then some.
Needless to say I ordered her a huge burger and a twenty piece. Now I am not sure about you but I swear they pump crack into those little nuggets...or perhaps it's that food in general is like crack to me. I am addicted to it. I could have walked away yes but I also could have eaten all twenty nuggets...I had only four. Again...." pat myself on the back". Like I said yesterday..it's about making choices in every situation that work. I understand that this choice carries a consequence...that consequence is an extra twenty-five minutes on the treadmill but that is an opportunity cost I am willing to take on for now.
Today I will for the first time list out all that I ate yesterday. My diet consists mostly of pre-portioned foods that I pick weekly at my local Jenny Craig Center. The food really does taste good...it's not that chicken biscuit but I don't feel like I am eating things that are not fresh or taste like they belong in my dogs bowl more than in my mouth. I weigh in every Monday and will be sharing that with you on a weekly basis. For the past two weeks in a row I have seen gains which basically feels like someone strapped me to a radiator...didn't feed me and then injected me with fat before propping me up on a scale. It sucks not to see result and I have been there so many times before and given up. You feel defeated...well Fattycakes Unite...there are changes happening..I promise and even though you can't see them they will catch up. You can do this...I CAN DO THIS. Let's do it together. Let;s not look at the cereal isle and ignore the boxes above our heads...the ones that aren't loaded with sugar. Let's stop and take a peek at the egg whites and skip the bacon..and if you can't then choose turkey bacon. Save a Pig!
Food is everywhere. On TV, on billboards, in magazines, and don't forget having to pass by the smells just out on the streets. It's HARD and advertisers count largely on us Fattycakes to fill their pockets while I can't even fit my fingers in my pockets because my flipping pants are too tight. Heck...most things I wear don't even have pockets. My pockets have been stolen by food!! Now please don't think I blame advertisers. If I had a group of people who handed me money to make them social outcasts and shop at speciality fattycake stores I would probably take it too. I guess I probably just handed them my pockets on a silver platter....well darn it... Here's to getting my pockets back!!

Food Intake Wednesday July `3th, 2011

JC= Jenny Craig
Based on a daily Calorie intake of 1500 Calories

Breakfast:
JC Cranberry Almond Cereal
1/4 c Low Fat Cottage Cheese
1 Slice Watermelon

Snack:
1 Non-Fat Greek Yogurt w/Mango

Lunch:
JC Broccoli Cheese Potato
Water

Snack:
2 Hard Boiled Eggs w/Salsa
4 Chicken Nuggets ( crack)
Coffee w/low fat flavored creamer no sugar

Dinner:
JC Mesquite Chicken

Dessert:
JC Cookies n Cream Cheescake


Activity :

30 Minutes with Swagmaster working legs and arms.
20 minutes cardio