Day 15, Nathaly: Going home for the weekend

My sister's baby shower was this afternoon.  Pretty much everything there was out of the question and I didn't have my trusty scale to bring me back to true PCP form.  So, I struggled to both gauge the right amount of food (I pre-weighed meals using last week's gram allotments and there's been a slight shift) AND fight the temptation of everything before me at a typical family gathering.  So, I've decided to let the pictures speak for themselves in the latter of these struggles.  The following images are all foods I deprived myself of this weekend -- I'm pretty proud of myself for not giving into the simple excuse of "just one bite"!

WARNING: The following images may make you salivate for all the wrong things. Keep reading at your own risk.

my sis grinning as she prepares plates of junk food at a park BBQ after my nephew's victorious little league game.  Nothing like a hot dog & some soda on a hot august afternoon.

mom's flan-cocho: half flan, half cake, drizzled in sugar-syrup. she made it for some friends that came over for dinner &  games Saturday night.  I've never had it before -- this was definitely the hardest to resist. 

pre-lunch snacks at my baby shower table.  moving from the back forward, cheese & crackers & tuna dip; tortilla chips & salsa, potato chips & "health food" exotic vegetable Terra chips; leftovers from someone else's beef empanada (2nd hardest temptation of the weekend); and sprinkled all over the place are decorative "it's a girl!" Hershey's kisses (the bulk of my neice's un-supervised lunch) and soft dinner mints.

 a friend enjoying a lovely slice of red velvet cake. Classic soul food dessert from Harlem! One of my favorite desserts. oh man -- I even considered grabbing a piece to store in my freezer until October 31st.. lol. decided against it as I still have a 6-hr drive back to VT to overcome.

My preggers sis showing off one of the prize baby bottles filled with sugary goodness. This one is full of gummy bears, one of my favorite stress-eating treats -- not too messy and not nearly as sweet as jelly bellys, satisfactorily chewy without the jaw ache, and can be stretched for fun (ideal for both it's distraction value and stress-relief properties).

So -- there you have it. Tomorrow, I have to contend with all the highway drive-thru's, also.  I'll be driving up to VT alone and much more likely to stop for breaks meaning temptations at the store. (at least during the trip down, I rode with a couple ladies who could keep me entertained).  In truth, it wasn't as terribly hard to just say no, but the only reason I could make it through was that I know this program isn't a forever diet.  Maybe that's dangerous talk, but I can't bear the thought of never having a buttered slice of toast again.  How I dread that dry toast..  haha.

I'm proud to have made it through these last couple days in one piece, considering all the sources of temptation. Ramiro's doing pretty well keeping things going up in VT, as well.  I can't wait to get back home and away from all this deliciousness -- back to the beauty of garden sungolds (our favorite variety of cherry tomato) & the Wednesday veggie truck.