Day 5: Zen Balls, Cake Balls...How You Tease Me So!

Cake Balls by Zen Baking Company

Day 5 and I have to give myself a BIG HIGH FIVE for making it through the night with boxes of Zen Baking Company cake balls in my refrigerator! Who knew I had the power to resist! To top it off, Ross was in Los Angeles and there was no one at home to keep me in-check, only the folks who told me to stay strong on Facebook! I have to say that I am really proud of my WILL POWER! Rest assured that people in the office have devoured the cake balls and have given me their honest feedback on these little bits of heaven. Thanks to all you sweet souls who saved me from those delectably evil little temptations!

I do have to confess that while I was lying around watching Top Chef All Stars, last night, the thought of getting the single lollipop cake ball crossed my mind. A food show with yummies in the fridge is not a good combo! I kept thinking, how is one cake ball going to affect my diet, and the answer was...FLABulosa one would lead to two and then the whole spiraling out of control thing would happen and send me back to where I was just 5 days ago. I picture myself being found by Anthony, on the floor in a sugar comatose, drooling, with half eaten cake balls surrounding me...a very sad portrait. I took a deep breath, walked over to the fridge and grabbed another bottled water and some cooked ground beef to munch on. Totally didn't remove the craving...but at least I made it through the temptation.

Yesterday I had mentioned that one of my fears was not being able to maintain after the initial one month of this diet. The fear that I can gain all the weight back and then some. Funny enough a friend of mine sent me an article titled How This Weight-Loss Skeptic Lost 60 Pounds and Kept it Off. It was a really good read and makes me hopeful that my journey from Flabulocity to Fabulocity can be a positive and well-maintained experience.  The writer cites of all the weight-loss success stories had the following things in common (taken from his article):

• Counting calories
• Keeping a food diary
• Measuring food
• Eating a low-fat diet
• Not skipping meals -- in particular, not skipping breakfast
• Losing the weight slowly -- no more than two pounds a week
• Exercising regularly
• Weighing yourself regularly
• Getting support from family and friends
• Making all this a permanent lifestyle change -- not just pursuing weight loss as a one-time thing and then going back to old eating and exercise patterns, but continuing to do all these things even when the weight is lost.

This list looks pretty straightforward, but let me tell counting calories and measuring food is really inconvenient and is very task oriented, especially for someone like me who is likes their food easy to get to. So I guess I am doing things right, Flabulosa will be one of those SUCCESS stories!

As I enter the weekend of anxiety, I feel confident that I will make it out unscathed. I have had to temptations come my way this week and it did not affect me, so I am confident that wedding cake and Filipino food will not have that same power over me! Wish me luck...actually don't...I just appreciate the support and encouragement.


FACTS FOR THE DAY
Number of Cake Balls eaten: ZERO!
What I've eaten so far today: 1/2 glass orange juice, cup of black coffee, left over scramble from yesterday's lunch.
Bottles of Water: 4
Weight: I didn't check it today :)

Thanks again for following my ramblings and for the continued support!

-Percy