Daily Temptations List 2014

I decided to create this post because 5days into my program, I noticed my office had nothing but! junk food to offer us. So I guess, this has contributed to weight gain as well. I will keep on adding as the days go by..

These were all the sweets/junk food available to me during office hours. A rundown:

Day 1: Weekend/No work

Day 2: Birthday Cake in the office - 1 choco mousse and 1 cheesecake

Day 3: Milka chocolates for everyone

Day 4: Cookies, Muffins, sweet bread, chocolates outside the big meeting roomm

Day 5: Chocolates from Zurich being passed around

Day 6: Donuts in the pantry (forgot what it is for)

Day 7 & 8: Weekend / No work

Day 9: 2 sets of chocolate cake, sweets, sweet puffs, bread, German cold cuts, fruits- all provided by 1 colleague in celebration of Women's Day. Later on the in the afternoon, there is a cake again for my colleagues birthday.

Day 10: Danish Cookies and 4 doz of Krispy Kreme Donuts in the pantry - another birthday treat from a colleague. By lunch time, a bowl full of Chocolate Eclaires

Day 11: Caramel Popcorn, Baked Cheesecake from a colleague.

Day 12: None --- wow

Day 13: Cookies and muffins outside the meeting room-- i miss cookies!

Day 14 & 15: Weekend

Day 16: Birthday cake in the pantry

Day 17: Toblerone minis being given out by a colleague who just came back from training in Zurich.. ugh!

Day 18: Pakistani sweets.. I heard its the best.. ; Chocolate covered Danish Cookies just on the aisle table where everyone passes by and can just simply take a piece :/

Day 19: 1) Donuts in the pantry from the other birthday celebrant..
2) Chocolate mousse cake from me :D

Day 20: 1) Cookies during our meeting
2) Orange Cupcakes with cream cheese on top, baked my colleague.. and she bakes awesome!! *whew*

Day 21-22: Weekend / No work

Day 23: Merci chocolates from HO..--> no, merci madamme... :)

Day 24 & 25: Im off work

Day 26: Cookies outside the meeting room

Day 27: none :-O

Day 28 & 29: Weekend / No work

Day 30: Some banana chips and other indian junk food in the pantry.. yummm.. i remember them tasting awesome with a cola..

Day 31: 1) BIG FAREWELL PARTY-- All Turkish Food!!! Smells divine! I havent had turkish food before, so I guess Im missing out on something good... :/

2) Cornetto Ice cream for everybody!! Just as a treat from one of my colleagues...

Day 32: MnMs in a big bowl for everyone! ufff.. I was offered Patchi chocolates by a business contact and I took 3, kept them in my chocolate loot bag inside my drawer. Im starting to have a chocolate collection! :D

Day 33: 25th year anniversary of a colleague. They specifically flew in a chocolate cherry fondant cake from Germany (with the company branding :D). This place is officially killing me [inside] :D

Day 34: none :D

Day 35-36: Weekend

Day 37: 1) A bowl full of hersheys chocolate nuggets from my colleague who just came back from the US

2) Mocha mousse cake for a colleagues birthday ( we have a whole floor of colleagues who know each other mostly)

Day 38: 1 chocolate mousse cake, 1 honey cake, 1 fruit cake-- colleague's birthday.. (yes, big office to fill almost each day of the calendar)

Day 39: none :-O

Day 40: 1 fruit cake tart and 1 strawberry cheesecake -- colleague's birthday (oh yes, almost everyday of the year its someones birthday in the office)

Day 41: 1 chocolate topped cheesecake, 1 honey cake --- colleague's birthday.. (everyday..)

Day 42-43: Weekend/no work

Day 44: None

Day 45: 1 marble cake and 1 ice cream cake for a colleague who got promoted

Day 46: Sri Lankan sweets in celebration of Avurudu (New Year)

Day 47-48: none

Day 49-50: Weekend/no work

Day 51: 1) A choco chip butter cake baked by my colleague
2) easter bunny chocolate on my desk :)
3) 1 apple pie and 1 cheesecake for a colleague's birthday

Day 52: 1) 2 home made loaves of bread and a jar of nutella in the pantry
2) home made gooey chocolatey brownies *drool*

Day 53: Do these count? -> we hosted an official party for our agents at Hard Rock Cafe, so deep fried canapes (mozarella cheese, calamari and the likes) and mini burgers + alcohol are being passed around in front of me from 7:30- 12:00mn

Day 54: Banana chips from India --> if you have never had this, I would say this is one delicious snack you can munch on, I cant seem to stop when I have this.. yummeh..

Day 55: none

Day 56-57: Weekend/no work

Day 58: 1 chocolate ferrero cake & 1 apple pie-- colleague's birthday

Day 59: Farewell party for our RM, its a full on catering from a 5 star hotel..OMG..the food I missed looked so good.. :'( 5 star hotel food, and 5 star hotel sweets.. The amount of food is mind boggling...

That huge carrot cake has taunted me like nothing.. I cried inside for that carrot cake....

Day 60: Tons of left over desserts from yesterday. A lot to fill 2 fridge/s..

Day 61: 1 apple pie and 1 choco mousse cake- colleague's birthday..

Day 62: 1) 1 honey cake and 1 chocolate cake - colleague's birthday
2) brownies to celebrate the 1st year of the youngest department in the company..

Day 63-64: Weekend/No Work

Day 65: Does this count? -- someone brought a chicken salad and 1 choco muffin for me.. I gave it to my colleague..

Day 66-69: None -- but doesnt mean Im deviation free

Day 70-71: Weekend/No Work -- but doesnt mean Im deviation free

Day 72: Donuts in the hallway table.. just because.. no occassion..

Day 73-74: Dont remember, forgot to update

Day 75-77: Out of the country, temptation everywhere

Day 78: None

Day 79: Sacher cake from another colleague of ours.. hmmm nyummm

Day 80: None

Day 81: None

ADay 1: Im off work

ADay 2: Chocolates from a friend who just came back from Vegas. New loot bag started

ADay 3: Combination of 4 birthday celebrations = 4 cakes :-O

- 1 fruit cake
- 1 strawberry cheesecake
- 1 honey cake
- 1 ice cream cake--- > was not able to resist this one :(

CDay 1 - ferrero rocher chocolates from a colleague
             - 1 carrot cake and 1 honey cake for 2 of my colleagues birthday
             - strawberry cheesecake ice cream at a friend's place

DDay 1: None

DDay 2: Colleague's birthday - 2 honey cakes
               Meat from braai *drooool*

DDay 3: Movies- caramel popcorn, nutella crepe (holy crepe!)

DDay 4: Normal snacking by friends

DDay 5 : Chocolate cupcakes baked by my colleague (im glad i was not in office!)

DDay 6: Arabic sweets

DDay 7: None

DDay 8: None

DDay 9: Milka chocolate being passed around..

DDay 10-11: Weekend

Day 60: Feeling Rundown

Its probably because I didnt have proper sleep and the 'calm before the storm' with regards to my workload had officially passed today,I was feeling very tired, sleepy and moody. On top of that, Im craving :'(

they had to keep this? they could have
just let it go with the caterers!

Plus there were a lot of leftover sweets from yesterday's party. I was just feeling like I am being punished for not having any of those. Such as these ice cream scoops in the freezer. I havent had the chance to take a pic of the bottom part of the fridge, as despite being full, the desserts were out by 10:30am..

Im feeling so so so so bad for myself.. I know there is no reason why. Its not as if its the end of the world.

So in an attempt to pump myself up, I searched for old photos. The photos at my heaviest. I was so big then.. Huge..

Didnt work.

Im just chalking this up from being sleepless..

Cooked my 3 days worth of meals yesterday evening. Ate my meals on time today. Had my vitamins, crackers and 1 DC. I ate four peach/nectarines though. I just couldnt help myself. I was feeling so low and they tasted so good..

Guess the chromium is not working? :(

Day 60, DV free..

Day 19: Its My Birthday!!

Alright.. I had to brace myself, for non stop greetings and invitations to eat cakes and sweets..

First my sweet friends brought over some nice choco mousse cake which I didnt eat..

Second, another colleague of mine has the same birthdate and she bought doughnuts!

But I survived this day, DV free!!! I seriously cant believe it, but I conquered this day! (conquered.. big word :D)

I gave myself a treat by eating 1 full thai mango for dinner (included in allowance), which a monk convinced me to buy from the supermarket :D I couldnt believe I saw a monk in the supermarket (?) I was reaching for Australian mangoes, choosing, then he said, buy Thailand mangoes.. very goood.. And I said "yes ofcourse!" I actually didnt notice them as they were very few.. And boy, where they expensive!! :D

My colleagues bought me lovely flowers coz they knew I wont eat anything else :D

Whooo!! one more day to go.. Tomorrow is the official celebration of my birthday at a friends house, dinner and drinks.. but I will stay on plan.

In the afternoon though, I felt a 'crash'.. I dont know why but after 4, I felt sleepy and hungry.. I waited til 4:45 to eat my crispbreads bec I was so hungry.. and after eating that I still felt hungry. I usually feel ok after Ive eaten my crispbreads or fruit, but this time it wasnt the case. I was very sleepy that I wanted nothing to do but go home and sleep. Why?

I also have a dillemma with people wanting to try my food. Im not selfish but I dont think they understand how less my food is, and every single gram counts.. I dont even offer them my food, because I may end up with almost nothing. It happened twice today, for breakfast, my friend had a small bite of my egg omellete and at lunch, a colleague wanted to try the tilapia fillet. Hardly 5 grams of food taken from me.. but still...

I have to prepare my BokChoy dish for them so I rushed from work to buy the bokchoy and the tilapia fillets, and cooked our food for tomorrow.. Of course, I will still stay within my food allowance..

I may be DV free today, I seriously wanted to have my birthday treats! I wanted to treat myself. But I keep reminding myself of my deadline and on how important it is to meet. I just kept telling myself:

- its just 2 months of the CD and I will reach my goal weight
- another 15 or so days for my refeed, and
- 15 days to start playing with your maintenance..

After this 3months, I can afford to be less strict with food choices...More forgiving.. But until then.... I have to practice the art of self control..