NSV - Saying NO to cake!

OMG - I have the most amazing cook at my work place. I work at a youth treatment centre. There was this most AMAZING looking strawberry short cake served. I was immediately tempted to grab one, along with a burger and french fries instead of having my veggies, shrimp, rice and yogurt.

I finished my meal that I brought from home and I felt STUFFED. I was definitely still eyeing down that cake though. Suddenly, I had about 5 people offering me cake and huge amounts of pressure coming from the youth (intentionally attempting to tempt me to have a piece of cake). I utilized this as a learning opportunity for them and had to mention "This is what peer pressure looks like". Everyone got a good laugh from it - I went on to say "This is my will power speaking when I say 'No'".

The cook then went on to say "Everyone is just pressuring you to eat the cake because we all feel guilty for eating it ourselves." I could just nod and smile because i knew that was exactly the reason why.

I felt so proud of myself. I contemplated for a while whether or not I wanted a piece of cake, but decided after my healthy meal that I felt full and did not eat the cake. While I had youth left and right pressuring me to eat...and coworkers...I just imagined myself as a 150lb person, dressed in the hottest clothes getting my professional pictures taken. I also plan to get a tattoo on my arm as a half sleeve. Just yesterday night I was picking pictures out of Phoenix tattoos that I liked. Yay its FRIDAY!!