This journey amazes me every day. At work today they were giving out free cupcakes. Yep, FREE CUPCAKES! These were not ordinary cupcakes – they were the very best from a high end local baker. I think it is a ploy to drum up business for their Valentine’s Day sales. Regardless, they were a hit around the office. The curious me had to look up the nutritional information on one. I usually am pretty good at estimating and was giving these delightful looking and smelling treats about 500 calories a pop. But nope, the Internet informed me that an entire cupcake was 780 calories. WHAT?!?! I could have over 6 scoops of UMP for that many calories! Now that sounds much more appealing to me!
But everyone flocked to these free cupcakes. I had a few co-workers stop by with their cupcake in hand and ask if I wanted a bite or if I was going to go get one myself. I simply said, nope. (However, “um, no!” rang in my head) Trust me, they looked good. If I were 6 months away from a show, I would have enjoyed a bite, guilt free. But I am not 6 months away from a show. I am knocking at the door.
https://manabernardes.com/2024/kd8jukj9w I committed to no cheats until show time almost 2 weeks ago and still no cheats. I’ve been 100% on plan! Yes, I have definitely been hungry and I have been eating a lot of vegetables (just finished off a sauteed pound of zucchini with garlic salt) but I have not consumed any non-clean foods and my cheat meal thus far has been a Quest Bar chopped up into 7 pieces (25 calories each) spread out over 7 nights. It gives me a sweet treat to look forward to in the evening. There are so many delicious flavors but find the Coconut Cashew variety to be my favorite right now.
https://masterfacilitator.com/e4qmlhn2ipo So, back to the cupcake. It astonishes me how so many of my co-workers are complaining about their bodies and boasting about their diets, yet so easily cave at a cupcake. But I say nothing. I continue to eat my lean beef, pounds of vegetables, clean French Toast, and 100 calorie snack pack of almonds. I no longer struggle getting in my gallon of water throughout the day. I lead by example, not by words. I know it probably irritates some. How can she say no so easy? Why doesn’t she just eat a cupcake, it won’t make a difference? If they only knew. It’s not as easy as it looks. I’m sure a cupcake would taste absolutely perfect right now. I bet I could have eaten a cupcake today and no one would know. I highly doubt Julie would do my body fat composition next week and say, “Katie, I know you ate a cupcake this week.” That is not the point. I would know! I would have let myself down, my goals down, and my teammates down. I committed to no cheats. I committed to a positive attitude and to giving this season all I’ve got. And you, cupcake, you are not going to defeat me!
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