Weddings and Weigh-Ins

This weekend I went out of town for my cousins wedding.  It was a beautiful wedding and it was good to see all my family!  I had a wonderful time...but the food temptations were everywhere.

THE TEMPTATIONS

Friendly's Ice Cream (I would have ordered Reese's PB Cup Sundae...yum!)
French Fries
Pizza
Beer Battered Onion Rings...oh man
FRIED DOUGH!!!
Beer
Mozzarella Sticks
more FRIED DOUGH!
All the candy by the checkout at CVS
Cheese and Crackers
Bruschetta
The wedding favor pouch filled with chocolate
Buttered dinner roll!
Mashed Potatoes (I was tempted to nudge a piece of my steak into them, but I resisted)
FREE Alcohol!
Carrot Cake Cupcake (my favorite!...oh my gosh!)
Danishes
Hashbrowns
Bagels and Cream Cheese
Chocolate Muffins
And last but not least...When we were leaving brunch the day after the wedding, I was saying goodbye to everyone.  I went to hug the groom (who is extremely tall and was holding left over's from brunch in his hand) and we did a one-armed side hug (since he had the left overs in his other arm)...and the muffins were right in my face!!!  Oh man they smelled so good!

Despite the absurd amount of temptations that surrounded me this weekend, I totally rocked it!  Who knew I had such control???  Since I was only a few days in to my new lifestyle, it would have been so easy to just say "Oh, well I'm at a wedding...I can just start eating Paleo on Monday."  Once you start that, those procrastination cycles never end.  I toughed it out and all that TORTURE (yes, it was torture) was well worth it in the end...

I weighed in on Sunday...and I lost 4.9 lbs!  Most defintely worth all that torture and temptation!  As bummed as I was after plateauing for a month, this was a boost I definitely needed!  I had been loosing on average about a pound a week since I started loosing weight in January.  This week has put me back on track.  If I ever doubted this change that I made, the results this week sealed the deal for me.  So here I am, Day 7 of my Paleo journey, going strong!