Temptation Averted

So yesterday was a really low day for me. I'm sort of down about a lot of things going on at work so naturally I wanted to turn to food to comfort me. I'm an emotional eater, you know. Or maybe you don't know if you don't know me. ;-) But I am. I eat when I'm happy and when I get stressed or depressed you can watch out. Imma clean out the pantry.

Yesterday was one of those droopy stressy depressive days and I wanted to eat. I was tired of Slimfast and Special K meal bars. Sick of almonds and cheese sticks. I wanted something that was going to comfort my soul. For lunch I got a chocolate chip bagel with a smear of low fat honey almond cream cheese. I know, I know, but it was okay. I looked up the calories later and it comes in at 410. Not great but no deal breaker, either.

But it didn't satisfy me. I wanted something more soothing. I wanted orange chicken from Panda Express, is what I really wanted. Around 2:30 I gave in and started walking over to the food court only to encounter gusty winds and random raindrops. Since I didn't have my umbrella and didn't want to get soaked, I turned around and went to the staff lounge instead for a cheese stick and a 90 calorie Coke. Thankfully, that temptation was averted and by the time I got off work, I was over it.

I went home and made a nice salad with baby greens, roasted corn, sauteed mushrooms and onions, turkey smoked sausage and an ounce of cheese. It was deeeeelish. Then I ate a Weight Watchers 100 calorie fudgey ice cream bar for dessert. Turned out to be a better food day than it would have had the threat of a thunderstorm not interceded.

I went ahead and boiled a chicken breast last night to make chicken salad for lunch today. I'll eat it on a whole wheat bagel thin. I figure it's better to come to work armed with something healthy than revert to bad behaviors just because I'm tired of protein bars.

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