Perseverance. That’s how I would sum up today. I actually refused all of the sweet and savory temptations that came my way. Yummy Udon noodles (another weakness), potato chips and HUGE incredibly tasty looking cookies at a lunch meeting. Birthday cake, chips and salsa, guacamole dip at a birthday party. I couldn’t even believe it. This is NOT my thing – I basically don’t possess willpower. I can’t figure out where it came from.

I literally sat in a big lunch meeting today like a total dork and brought out my carefully packed salad with salmon (which tasted good but not nearly as good as those Udon noodles would have), and my cantaloupe (which by this time is starting to be only a tiny bit appealing after having eaten it for the past 4 meals).

Later, I announced to co-workers that I was off to enjoy my snack of turkey, nuts and apple. The looks I got were not of interest or admiration, but more of general puzzlement. And tonight at my friend’s birthday party, I had to leave when they brought out gooey chocolate cake. It pretty much doesn’t get more tempting for me than that. But I did it!

Dinner and the evening snack were not easy, but I persevered. Just one more day to go!

And I’m so proud of my husband who went along with this until he realized he blew it by drinking coffee (a big no-no) – and eating pretzels while making dinner. But he’s done pretty well, especially since he was bamboozled into this whole thing.

I’m sure for those of you who have dieted before, you’re thinking I’m a big whiner. That is true. I know. For Pete’s sake it’s only 3 days! We’ll see how it goes tomorrow. The thought of grilled salmon for 2 more meals is not doing it for me at this point…