Doing the Shred - Day 22

Day 22 is in the books! Still doing Level 3 - though because of allergies and reactive airway disease it was a little tougher today, especially in the cardio sections. But I did it!!

And amazingly? Though my abs were what was killing last night, the real complaining muscles today were my hamstrings. Always something! :P

(And now I'm off to close my window because apparently the weather decided to go back to late winter/early spring. BRRR!)

Temptation resisted AGAIN! :)

Today, it was tough. One of the speech providers at school brought in cupcakes left over from her daughter's birthday yesterday.

Big, bakery, Red Velvet cupcakes.

Honestly? Having discovered Crumbs Bake Shop (not where these were from or I might not have been as successful in resisting), cupcakes are a weakness of mine.

Especially Red Velvet.

But I was strong. I looked at the size of them, and at the thick bakery icing - with added color and stuff in it - and thought a) about all the preservatives and junk that would be in them and how well I've been doing at cutting that crap out of my diet and b) that most likely one of those cupcakes would probably be close to my allotted caloric intake for a DAY.

And I was strong and resisted!!!

The fact that we had fruit salad today with fresh strawberries, bananas and pineapple did make it easier. I did allow myself a bowl of that. Get some good fruit in.

And trading fruit for big bakery Red Velvet cupcakes gives me hope that my tastes and cravings ARE changing. Hopefully that will hold true when I DO have the extra money for eating out and the possibility of making crappy choices and I'll be able to make the GOOD or at least BETTER choices!!