The Company Picnic Challenge

This past week I've focused more on where I'm eating, but I didn't have much luck with eating away from my desk.  It was a busy week at work, and to save time, I ate my lunch and my snacks at my desk.  I have made a concerted effort to not eat at my computer at least!  Not only does it make the eating more conscious, but also helps keep my keyboard clean!

Yesterday was the company picnic, and of course there were lots of fattening foods available--grilled meats, chips and dip, pasta salads, desserts galore.  I didn't do too badly, eating small amounts of a few different salads and one mettwurst in a bun. Then some desserts as well.  I ended up taking home many of the desserts just to keep from throwing them away (Great Depression Syndrome), but now we're faced with them on our counter and in our refrigerator. I'm very tempted to eat them, but I know there's no way I can eat them the way I used to: until they're gone.  Maybe I'll take them to the office today . . .

Since I was paying attention to where I was eating, though, I did notice that the "special occasion" behavior came out yesterday.  I found myself eating standing up at the picnic table, and at home, munching food as I was doing other things.  And of course it's always the food I shouldn't be eating that I'm eating on the run.

If I can confine the special occasion behavior to one day, though, I'll feel like I've gained a victory.  We'll see what happens. I'll keep you all posted, as ever.