Have you ever felt like you had a birthday that would never end? Well, that is what it seems has occurred for my current birthday that is still going on. Officially, my birthday was on Tuesday, October 20th. However, we celebrated on Tuesday, again on Wednesday, and the final celebration is scheduled for today. Don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining in the least. It is great to have family and friends who want to celebrate with you. On the other hand, it is difficult to try to watch what you are eating when you have multiple celebrations.
On my birthday, we went to Bravo’s — my all time favorite Italian restaurant. I even love their salads and their delicious bread with a special oil. It is absolutely delicious. We had not been for a while and I had literally forgotten how scrumptious their food could be. Tiramisu for dessert was not on my agenda, but my daughter insisted we at least split one. How could you turn it down?
The following evening on Wednesday, my brother treated us all to Outback Steakhouse which I dearly love. During our conversation, the waitress overhead my brother mention my birthday. Naturally, she treated me to a hot fudge sundae with crunched up Oreo cookies on it. How could anyone say no to such a delicious sundae? It just didn’t happen.
Today, Thursday evening, my final selection was to go to Chubby Ray’s Pizza for the ultimate taco salad. My other choice was Macca’s because I simply love their black and bleu burger. Our friends would have insisted on alligator pie for dessert which I have never had. That was my reasoning in choosing Chubby Ray’s because I knew I would not be tempted for dessert there. Well, since it was my birthday, our friends insisted we go to the Pie Kitchen since Chubby Ray’s dessert was not appealing to us. Of course I had a chocolate cupcake with caramel icing and Reece’s ice cream. I have had my fill of sweets for a while.
We had been trying our best to discard the diet stigma and change our lifestyle pertaining to our eating habits and make wiser choices. As you can see, the last couple days, we have not had any success making wiser choices. However, I am not going to dwell on the past. Rather, I am going to put that behind me and start again tomorrow morning. I pray that God will help me overcome the temptations I have with food.
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