I can't believe it, but I did it!!!! I survived an entire day at Universal Studios without going off plan. It was difficult. I swear they have a different food vendor every 20 paces. The churros, the candy apples, the popcorn, the candy and fudge store, the beer & Pina Coladas, the ice cream, the dipping dots, the jumbo hot dogs, it went on and on no matter which direction we went in. I drank my water, I ate my fruit and at lunch I had a Cobb salad. Everyone decided to pass on dessert so I didn't even have the few bites I was going to allow myself. The toughest part was when my husband and 6 year old son went on a spinning ride ( I passed on it because I didn't want to get nauseous) the 6 year old asked me to hold his pretzel for him (one of those big, yummy pretzels covered in salt). I just waited quietly and ate my rice cakes while dying for a piece of the pretzel. When they finally got off the ride the pretzel was cold so he didn't want it anymore and threw it out. Yeesh!!!!
At least a dozen times during the day I came up with excuses to back out of the plan - I was just going to use this as a cheat day, or one cotton candy wouldn't hurt, I'd just adjust the rest of my calories around it, or I'll exercise more tomorrow; but everytime I came up with a reason why I should cheat, I'd remind myself of why I wanted to lose weight, and that cheating once has always lead to numerous cheating in the past, and just because I was denying myself now, doesn't mean that I'm denying myself forever. Once I lose weight I'll be able to have special treats that I can make up with an extra walk, but for now - the extra walks are to lose weight, not to maintain the weight.
Interesting observation - during that time while I was waiting for everyone to get off the ride while holding the pretzel - I was occupying my time by people watching. What I'd do is look at a thin person, and ask myself, once I'm thin would I wear that outfit. As I was doing this, I noticed several people who were touring the parks in those EVC's because they were too heavy to spend a day walking through the parks. What I'm dealing with is a hundred pounds here, If I lose a hundred pounds I'll get to be picking out beautiful clothes in a size 5; If I gain a hundred pounds I'll be touring theme parks in an EVC. This is what I need to be thinking about instead of trying to justify why I should eat an ice cream cone.
