Day Two - Blue Smoke deliciousness (and quasi-victory over cheesecake)

So - I've made it through the first few days... not too bad. 


A recap of day 2: 


Yesterday (day 2) - not too bad. The halfsies mentality is a little hard to wrap my mind around... it really does feel like a waste - but very true that it's better in the garbage than on my wasteline. Had a protein shake for breakfast (soy milk, protein, a scoop of peanut butter, and cinnamon - yum)... actually - scratch that - I had half  a protein shake for breakfast, half a salad for lunch (tomatoes, red onion, cucumbers, peppers, ham and feta), but I knew I was done for going to Blue Smoke for dinner (amazing BBQ place). I have only been to Blue Smoke a few times, but every time I have visited so far, I have left feeling ridiculously sick from eating too much. Everything is out of control amazing. 


Anyway - happy to report that (for the first time) I left feeling really good. I had 1 wing, a little bit of mac and cheese, and a little bit of pulled pork (oh right... forgot about those sweet potato fries... oops). I happily wrapped up most of the pulled pork (it was dinner tonight, and will be tomorrow night too). It was a birthday dinner, so there was a birthday cheesecake, but I managed to have just a few (slow!) bites, and then move it away (as in, out of reach). I finished maybe a quarter of it. This, my friends, is progress, because the cheesecake was damn good.  I can't remember a time that I had a delicious dessert and didn't finish the whole thing (and possibly have seconds... or thirds.. or maybe fourths if nobody was looking. Seriously.). The thing about desserts that I know mentally, but haven't been able to put into practice, is that to enjoy it, you really need 1 or 2 bites. After that - every bite is going to taste exactly the same. There are diminishing returns. 


Oh, and I had a glass of wine. Justified to myself that I normally would have had two :). Red wine is going to be a hard one to drop...  a good glass of red wine just puts me in my happy place. I guess, perhaps a fitter version of myself will put me in a permanent happy place?


Following dinner, we went out for a quick drink, and I managed to stick with water (despite a good amount of peer pressure). Went to bed feeling not too bad. 


Day 2 = 3 mile run (part of my marathon training), PCP workout, spinning at lunch, and probably not the best food day, but had some mini successes in there. I'll take it.