Wow, so not worth it!

I caused myself to have a (very) minor setback last night, and instead of dwelling on it, I am choosing to view it as a great reminder of what works and what doesn't work for me, and for my success- so I thought I would share.

So I attended a grand opening party for a hotel yesterday evening (I'm a blogger) and I ended up drinking more than a few drinks over the course of the evening. With each drink, I guess my self-control continued to wane, because by the end of the night I had devoured a full-sized cupcake, and then went home and ate TWO bowls of sugar cereal for "dinner" (after grazing on finger foods all night long and pouring hundreds of calories of craft beer down my gullet). Um, oops. To make matters worse, today I of course feel completely rotten, which is bound to interfere with my ability to give it my all when I hit the gym after work this evening. All of this was to say, this was a valuable reminder for me how much it JUST ISN'T WORTH IT!!! I am sure I would have had an equally good time if I had only consumed two drinks, limited myself to the amount of food I had originally planned on allowing myself to eat, said "No thank you," to the stupid cupcake, went on home, drank some water, and gone to bed. And I would feel just fine today, and still be able to bring some intensity to my much needed workout. From this point forward, I am making the decision that with the VERY RARE exception (I'm looking at you, Jimmy Buffett concert ), I will not be consuming more than two alcoholic beverages in any setting or situation. I'm not a college freshman any longer...anything more than that is just not needed!