Temptations!!!

I WAS WONDERING WHEN THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!

Friday night Holly and I found ourselves childless.... so what better to do then enjoy a dinner out! We live in a beautiful region of Maine and are fortunate enough to be able to enjoy beautiful Bar Harbor. Holly and I headed down to our favorite restaurant, Geddy's. The most amazing thing about Geddy's is their onion rings -- it's a vegetable right? Not. We did cave and ordered onion rings. A few minute later a heaping mound of fried goodness was staring me down. Only one of us was going to win. Guess who? The onion rings. Now, I must say (as embarrassing as it is) that in the past we have not had any trouble polishing off the appetizer of onion rings (and I'll admit to eating the crumbs - these things are amazing!). We didn't even eat half of the order, and instead of boxing them up to go I had the waitress take the remaining half away. For dinner I ordered a grilled chicken burger with pineapple salsa on a wheat roll - sounds pretty good right? Oh yeah, they served it will piles of chips! Agh! Seriously felt like culinary world was out to get me. The only redeeming part of dinner is that <GASP> Geddy's failed to impress us that night Still not sure why, the food is always amazing --- perhaps given my change in diet my taste buds have completely changed! I only at the chicken out of the sandwich and quickly sent the plate of chips back.

PHEW! Almost out of harms way! Holly and I enjoyed sitting in the park overlooking the harbor. Something wasn't right. If you've ever been to Bar Harbor you know how amazing Ben & Bill's Chocolate Emporium is. Yeah, me too. Holly and I went off to pick out an ice cream. I thought I would be good and order sugar free ice cream - it was pretty good, until I realized how stupid I must have sounded when I ordered "Sugar free butter crunch on a sugar cone" - huh?

Now, I don't know if it was the high of having a "date night" or the fried food / sugar that has been out of our diets for the past 2 weeks but on the way home we were completely silly/crazy - couldn't stop laughing and were acting like crazy teenagers! I think we were definitely on sugar high!

Okay, one night of not perfect eating. It wasn't a complete loss -- a few onion rings and an ice cream. When I started this weight loss journey I told myself that I didn't want to deprive myself of special treats or "free nights". After all this has been more of healthy choice movement. After all, I had lost 24 pounds in the past couple of weeks. I was definitely going to jump back on the bandwagon tomorrow.... UNTIL....

THE ROLE OF TEMPTATION WILL NOW BE PLAYED BY MY WIFE'S CAKE BUSINESS

Yeah, there is that little bit of information that I left out. I love cake. I love my wife. I love my wife's cake. Seriously we're not talking your store bought nasty stuff - this is real, homemade goodness people! In the past couple months Holly decided to really start promoting her cake business and has started making several cakes per week. My official title in the business is "Creative Consultant, Taste Tester, and General Annoyance" :) I love it when Holly makes chocolate cake because I DETEST chocolate cake (weird, I know). But white cake - watch out people, you might lose a finger! Holly's white cake is like a little piece of Heaven on earth. And what was this morning's cake order - white cake with butter cream frosting. WARNING... WARNING... WARNING... I should have immediately walked away from the kitchen and found the nearest elliptical. But, I love helping Holly (even though I'm sometimes more of a hindrance than a help). This is going to be the biggest challenge. I've had an easy time not purchasing unhealthy things when grocery shopping - in fact I've enjoyed the new foods and recipes. I definitely had a few too many "frosting samples" than my "job" "requires".

By midday I was back on track - thanks to a pep talk from Holly. There are going to be times that I "fall off the bandwagon", but getting on isn't always easy. I think that for me personally allowing myself an occasional "day off" will be a factor in my continued success.

At the end of the day I am reminded by why I am making these changes in my health. I don't want my previous poor choices to continue, and ultimately be responsible for irreversible damage like my father experienced. I want to continue on this journey and look forward to posting my next weigh in!

Thanks for reading!