Party Food & Picture Remorse

Good evening!  What a day, what a day! I have so much to share!  Today was my niece’s first birthday party so it was a fabulous day celebrating the little girl who has brought so much joy into our lives. Check out some of the eats:

These cupcakes were made by my sister in law’s sister – Yes, that’s a Starburst as a present!

Kiddie foods. How cute is this?! If I portioned out my snacks like that, I would be set!

Some of my snacks at the party: fruit, organic pretzels, and natural root vegetable chips.

Later this evening I was starving for a nice salad and something different, so I pulled the following together, which I really enjoyed:

The Oh Yes You May Pizza

• 1 Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Grain tortilla – 150 calories, 3.5 g fat, 5 g fiber, 6 g protein
• 1/2 Trader Joe’s Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken Sausage – 55 calories, 3 g fat, 0 g fiber, 5.5 g protein
• ¼ cup Clasico traditional pasta sauce – 35 calories, 1 g fat, 1g fiber, 1 g protein
• 1 oz (2 tablespoons) Trader Joe’s non-fat feta cheese – 35 cal, 0g fat, 0 g fiber, 7g protein
• Instructions:  Cook sausage, assemble pizza and put in 350-degree preheated oven for 10 minutes. The feta cheese will not melt — it has no fat!

Nutritional Content: 275 calories, 7.5 g fat, 6 g fiber, 19.5 g protein

w/a pretty generic salad:

Tomorrow’s post will include a review of at least one of the YouBar items so kindly sent over for me to sample

Thanks YouBar!

Spotted at Costco:

$10.79 for 24 bars = $0.45/bar = WOW!

Two things today reminded me of:

1. It’s hard to eat right at social functions, but it can be done. If you want to splurge at a social function every now and then, be my guest, have a ball. But you can’t do it all the time.  I couldn’t afford to eat like a pig today after the MixMyGranola incident so I didn’t.  It helps that most people who surrounded me knew my goal.  My twin offered me half of his cupcake — a perfect compromise for me since I couldn’t not have a taste — did you see them?! When people are informed of your goals, it’s harder to screw up.  Not impossible, but harder.
2. Looking at pictures of yourself can be extremely depressing. My dad sent me pictures from the event today and a few of them made me want to run to the hills, throw up my hands and scream, “i quit! i quit!” while stuffing double-stuffed Oreos in my mouth and chasing them with a butter-cream milkshake.  I’m not where I want to be yet in terms of feeling comfortable with how I look at all times; but I have to know that I’m getting there.  That every day is a new day to progress, to evolve in a beautiful way.  It’s hard to be positive all the time, especially when you feel like your efforts are forlorn — but being positive and content with the journey as its own end is 10xs better than the alternative of a static, unhealthy, existence.

What are some of your tips for maintaining your health goals when at social functions that may not cater to your preferred lifestyle, eating habits?  Have you ever seen a picture of yourself that plagued you with disillusionement or discontent?  Did it/they spark a change or ignite resignation?

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