Skinny Cow....Well Let's Hope That's What I Am!!

Lately I have been really struggling with the lack of chocolate and sugar in my diet.  It probably doesn't help that I work in the land of perpetual bribery by way of junk food.  Every where I go at DirecTv there is candy, cookies, brownies, doughnuts, ice cream, etc.  We reward our agents with every sort of imaginable comfort food known to man! Saying no to junk food at work is like saying no to oxygen.  Luckily I have for the most part managed to abstain from the extreme temptation around me.  I still struggle at saying no to the occasional Diet Pepsi, but those are getting to be more few and far between.  Still, it seems that the farther into this project I get and the more time that goes by, the more I miss ice cream.

 


Wednesday night I was literally obsessing over Ben & Jerry's and junk food of all sorts.  It got so bad that I finally just went to the gym and spent over an hour doing cardio and reminding myself as to why I have given up all the deliciousness that is Fish Food! It worked until I got off the treadmill and then I was right back to square one.  My trainer suggested I try fat free/sugar free fudgescicles so tonight I went to the store and found something even tastier!!! Skinny Cow!!!  The caramel truffle bars are amazing and effectively satisfied my sweet tooth without breaking the calorie bank!! Only 100 calories of pure goodness and joy!!  Something else I have done to help out with the cravings but also keep the calories down, is to get a Mango Light smoothie from Jamba Juice.  A 16oz smoothie is only 150 calories and is extremely filling and tasty.  No...it isn't as delicious as my personal favorite, Chocolate Moo'd, but it does the job.  Besides, I just keep telling myself that being skinny and healthy will feel better than all my comfort foods ever tasted in the first place!!

On a side note...I escaped the weigh in this week!! Hooray! There was something wrong with the scale.  I was so relieved. I have been feeling kinda "blah" all week and didn't really feel like I was losing weight.  I am so happy that I have an extra week to just knock one out of the park next week with a huge number!!