Stupid cake balls

Holy cow! Why does Christmas involve so much food? Last week Casey brought home chocolate peppermint covered Oreos from some sabotager very nice person at his office. I went to a girl's dinner & night out on Saturday and had dessert AND she sent us home with Oreo truffles. Awesome. Today Casey brought home cake balls AND chocolate covered peanuts from some other people at work. REALLY? REALLY? And tomorrow I'm supposed to bake cookies for those same people at his office. JUST.SHOOT.ME.NOW. I love Christmas cookies. I heart them a bunch. I only make these certain kind this time of year and it's like a big party in my mouth with every bite.

How is one supposed to not only stay on track, but lose weight? It seems impossible. And why? Why do we eat and give away so much junk? When and why did that tradition start? I'm serious, I want ANSWERS. "Dear baby Jesus, I love you so much, I'll eat a cookie to show you how much you mean to me. Ooh and a truffle. Ooh and some cheesecake." Hmm... I know, it's supposed to be a good will gesture to give away food. But think about that... "I really care about you, here's something to make you unhealthy, fat & sick." SEE?!?!? It's so weird. We should give out oranges and apples and brussels sprouts. Can you imagine? You'd punch that person that gave you baby cabbages right in their face. "You brought me VEGETABLES? Freak!!"

Well, I'm staying within my points, even with all that crazy business. I think that's the AMAZING thing about WW, I'm able to really decide what I'm going to eat and am forced to choose well. "No, I'm going to skip the fried chicken wing and opt for lean meat and veggies so I can enjoy a cookie afterwards." Or whatever delicious thing I feel I MUST have. It's actually freeing. CHOOSING to balance it all and not choosing the following:

1) Resorting to full out rebellion - I KNOW this is like a million points (and gluttony) to have six cake balls but I'm going to do it anyway. And then feel really bad about myself. (Here comes the warped girl again. You would think I was talking about a one night stand, not food. Yeah, that's JACKED.) Then, since I already feel bad anyway, I'll finish the day off by eating whatever else I want. And then later, while praying, I'll lament that God has not removed this burden of weight. Ahh, BOOYAH! I busted you, huh?

2) Giving up - I'm not really going to worry about it right now, I'll wait until after the holidays. Yeah, uh-huh. I do that every year. You know what happens then, right? You pig out, because you better get it all in, and you gain seven or eight pounds. Then you make a New Year's resolution to lose it all and then guess what? You do it for a week or two and you're right back to the excuses and give up mode. Except now you're heavier than before because you went full on for the holidays.

It just doesn't work that way. You know it, I know it, but we like to pretend. Tell ourselves we'll change, we'll do something about it later. For sure when all this craziness is over, or after the first of the year, ok, after Valentine's Day, for real this time, all right, after spring break vacation. You get it. Whatever lame excuse we make to continue to do exactly what we WANT to do instead of what we need to do. DUMB!

I'm choosing NOT to do any of the above. I'm saying what I mean and doing what I say and I LIKE it. A LOT. I'm eating well, I'm exercising. This is no different than any other area of my life. I have to choose to spend time in God's word, I have to choose to love my husband & kids, I have to choose to serve others and die to self, and finally, I have to choose to make this a priority in my life.

So, put the cake balls down. Walk away. Look in the mirror and smile at yo victorious self. Decide early in the day what your plan is and stick to it. Even if you're not trying to lose weight, evaluate what you're putting your body through and make the best choices for yourself. And then we can pray about some real business instead of begging for a miraculous 50 pound weight loss when we wake up in the morning.