Struggle #6: The Sweet Tooth

Ok... So I'm not perfect! I would love to tell you that I am super good 100% of the time with my diet but I am not... Tonight I was really craving ice cream but I don't have any in the house so overall I thought it would be a pretty safe bet I could just ignore it all night. However, as I was attempting to grill my pork chops, the grill ran out of gas so I decided to go get some more so my pork chops could be cooked correctly.  On my adventure out I ran into a local ice cream place in Cincinnati... All of my patients keep telling me I need to go there so I thought why not?

Yeah bad life choice. I walked in and thought I am only going to get a scoop of ice cream, which was actually all I got BUT I already had my ice cream once a week this week!!! My mind is in a little battle with itself but I got the ice cream anyways because well I didn't want to be that person that walks into a ice cream place and then doesn't get anything... Well the picture below shows where my ice cream ended up quickly.

Yep in the garbage... I had probably 4 bites and then realized it wasn't really what I wanted.  I mean don't get me wrong, I wanted every bite of it but I totally didn't want the thoughts and feelings that go along with eating it. Damn guilty conscious.  Lesson learned and $2.59 wasted, oh well.

I was debating if I should punish myself for my slip-up but I decided not to.  If I punish myself, I will only want something sweet that much more and will probably truly slip-up and indulge in a lot more things than I should.  So I have decided to take this slip-up and make it into something positive.  I am going to try really hard to find something that helps lessen my sweet tooth cravings. I have no idea what this is going to be yet but this is my mission for the next week! Hopefully I find something that will work with me and make me not so damn crazy for sweets.  When I figure it out, I will let you know!