Victory #2 for (Yester)Day:

Work BFF and I ran an errand at lunch.

Work BFF: Can we just go to McDonald’s for lunch?
Me: I can’t…I don’t have any money.
Work BFF: I will pay for you!
Me: I can’t…I brought a spinach salad from last night to eat, and I’m really trying to watch it.  But I’ll take you there if you want.
Work BFF: Come on, just let me buy you fries, or at least a coke!
Me: Oh, it’s ok, I’m good.
Work BFF: Wow, your spinach salad must be really good.

I can’t believe I actually resisted FRIES and a delicious, bubbling, calling-my-name Diet Coke.  Especially since I was in the drivers seat at the drive-thru.  Do you know how hard it is to have someone eating McDonald’s in your car when you can’t have any??  AND THEN:

Work BFF: Can we go to Whole Foods real quick?  I want to get a fudge nut brownie.
Me: Sure.
[Work BFF buys a 4-pack of huge, ooey gooey, fudgy brownies, as pictured here…]
Work BFF: I don’t know if I should offer you one or not…since you’re on a diet.
Me: I’m not on a diet, just choosing to make better choices.  And no thanks, I’m good without a brownie.

!!!!!!!  (sidenote: Work BFF is a skinny mini, so even though I wasn’t eating, it wasn’t like I was making her feel like a fatty for indulging!)

I came back to my desk, ate my spinach with bell peppers and carrots, topped with egg salad, and enjoyed every low-calorie morsel.  That is…until I got food poisoning!!!  I had bought raw spinach, and even though I washed it, it must not have been good enough.  I was so sick last night.

Work BFF: How do you not feel good?  You didn’t even eat McDonald’s!

I may have gotten food poisoning, but I didn’t eat McDonald’s or a soda OR a fudge nut brownie, and I met all of my nutrition goals yesterday!

VICTORY.