Peach Pie

So, the last few days have not been the best. That's largely due to peach pie. Who knew it has somewhere around 400 calories a slice? And if you have homemade ice cream in the house of course you have to have a topper. Consequently, I've gone over on my calories several of the last several days and today finds me feeling guilty. But I really need to find balance here because these are the facts: 1. I like sweets, particularly ones I've baked myself. 2. I get great satisfaction from baking, not just the eating afterwards. 3. Despite the 15 quarts of homemade ice cream and 5 fresh peach pies that have been in and out of my house in the last 5 days, I have only consumed a total of 2 pieces of pie and 2.25 cups of ice cream, not even nearly one helping every time it's been served. 4. On the days that I have decided to enjoy some, it was a choice, not a giving in, and I was careful to balance my other eating (today all I had for lunch was pie. :))5. I still lost 2lbs last week which, though lower than the other weeks, is still twice my goal. All in all I've dealt with this temptation with self-control and restraint and not fallen below my goal for the week. Then why do I feel the need to eat nothing but 100 calorie cereal today to make up for the weekend? This is the point I've often come to in my many attempts to overcome bad eating habits: for a few days I fail to meet my standards, I get discouraged and I decide that I'm not going to be able to keep it up and I quit. It's the perfectionist in me. But no! I am not going to do that this time! I am still seeing results! There is a place for baked goods in this world and in my diet. I enjoyed them and now we move on. I do not need to feel such guilt and let it drag me into more setbacks. I'm not falling off the wagon, I've just had a few bumps and need to hold on and say "weee!" :) (Because they were very tasty bumps) Eating pie and ice cream is not the unforgivable sin. Ok, enough pep talks; on with the healthy eating. It also helps that I've discovered that every time I eat that ice cream I get a really nasty stomachache. Enough to make me leave it alone.
In other, more successful news I had two women say this weekend "have you lost weight? You look really good!" Now, I didn't think it made that much of a difference already, but it's still nice to hear!