Don't Forget To Bring IT

Hey all! Another glorious day weather-wise. I started off with a 40 minutes treadmill run that went much better than yesterday! I felt strong from the beginning and got in a good groove so, I even upped the ante and ran a little faster than normal. It was great!


After a shower, I made a bee line for the kitchen and made breakfast. Salmon was calling me this morning, so I went with a Thomas' Light English Muffin topped with a Laughing Cow Light Cheese Wedge and 1 oz. of smoked salmon for 3 POINTS...


I spent the rest of the morning getting in some laundry, then it was time to head out to another nephew's graduation party. My original plan was to eat before we went to the party and just have some fruit or salad while there, however, I wasn't hungry at all before we left, so I opted to wait until we got there to eat something. Dun, dun, dun, duuuuun! I told my sister-in-law that I would gladly bring a dessert to the party, but the most IMPORTANT thing I forgot to bring was.................... WANT POWER!!!!! Darn it! I needed to pack that stuff up and whip it out BIG TIME! There was some spread at the party and although, I started off with the best of intentions, all self control was lost by the end of the evening! Here's how it started...

Soft pretzel sticks (for some reason, these are my kryptonite - LOVE THEM), carrot sticks and broccoli..... quite virtuous, don't ya think?

Then came the big guns. A vat of homemade meatballs...

pulled pork.....

thinly sliced roast beef....

homemade baked ziti...

macaroni salad....

Grandmom's potato salad...

beautiful fruit salad...

delicious spinach salad with mushrooms, egg and bacon...

Here's my plate with a small roast beef sammie, fruit salad, and only itty bitty tastes of the "bad stuff". Pretty good, eh??

After this my camera broke and I was unable to take anymore pictures of the extreme number of unmentionables that I continued to eat throughout the night ;P Just kidding. My camera didn't break, but my Want Power was completely MIA. Gone. Bye bye. Nowhere to be found. I dug into 3 more (at least) pretzel sticks while chatting and hanging out. There were bowls of chocolates on every table that I was able to dodge, however, my sister-in-law is a FAB-U- LOUS cookie baker and there were gobs of cookie trays that I kept "visiting". I am sorry I didn't take pics of them, they are so delicious looking. But, I realize that food blogging is a multi-tasking job that includes the use of both hands which is, at times, difficult when you are too busy shoving mass quantities of cookies in your mouth. Booo! Well, just for the fun of it, I'll throw out a "here's a positive". I did jump around playing badminton for about an hour. I am sure that burned off at least half a cookie. Yep, definitely a good calorie deficit there.

So, everything we do should be a learning experience, right? Okay, today I learned...

1. Go with your gut( or else you'll get a bigger one) and stick to your original plan. Eating first, then going for a salad or fruit would have limited the number of choices when it was time to eat.
2. Do not sit for long periods of time at a table with a bunch of chocolate.
3. Do not stand anywhere NEAR the cookie table; especially when there are super irresistible ones that would love to make your hips their new home.
4. Don't forget to bring the WANT Power. Bring it, use it and reuse it.

I will end my tale of woe as I always do. Ready.... everyone say it together.....

There's always tomorrow........ =)