Determined To Succeed

I am so sorry this is so late today. I had an appointment this morning out of the office (O.K. actually away from the nook in my apartment from which I write this daily weight loss bloggy blog) so I was unable to post before I left. I am doubly sorry because it ended up that the meeting I went to was a waste of my time and was the most expensive cup of coffee I’ve ever had.

I paid $16 for one small cup of coffee.

The meeting I had was one of those first-thing-in-the-morning meetings where you know you will have to get ready and leave early because you don’t want to hit rush hour and be late. You also hope and pray at least coffee would be served. Thank God it was. I soooooo needed a cup.I was also getting a bit hungry. And not only was coffee being served but they had a very nice spread of soft drinks, water, bagels and muffins. It was actually fairly nice for something I knew wasn’t going to last all-day.

Well, I do not know about you guys but food at meetings is like a magnet that draws me in. The yummy breads are the flames to which my hungry wings are drawn. I most times wouldn’t even care what kinds of muffins they were, either (they looked like lemon and blueberry). I would just lay waste to them licking my chops afterward.

But something happened today which was awesome. The most and more the meeting pissed me off the less and less hungry I got. I sat silently as I looked at the three people with whom I was meeting (the third coming in with only about ten minutes left so what’s the point) and wondered to myself “what the hell am I doing here?!”

So it didn’t matter that I was hungry and the muffins looked fresh and good. I didn’t want them. I didn’t want to waste my calories on not just a breakfast I would regret later, calorie wise, but one provided from people who seemed more scattered than they should have been, especially since they were leading the meeting.

In the end, I did what was required. I shook hands and wished everyone a good day. However the taste left over in my mouth was not that of a sweet lemon muffin (which at the beginning I really wanted). It was a bitter taste, the taste of a waste of my early morning.  I walked out the door holding my slightly-more caffeinated head high and got to the parking garage.

When I approached the “pay me here” kiosk I handed over  my ticket and the young dude, who was far more interested in texting someone than working, came back and said “$16.” I nearly crapped myself. You have to be S%#@@*&g me! $16 for no more than an hour-and-a-half? Damn! Having no choice I handed over my plastic and drove out as fast as I could.

So there you have it. The tale of my morning and my day so far, and the most expensive cup of coffee I’ve ever had. However, I am so glad I didn’t give in to the food temptations at the meeting. They looked yummy, yes. They looked fresh, yes. They were available, yes. But that didn’t mean I should have them, no. That meeting may have been a waste but I am so glad I didn’t waste calories on top of my time.

I may not get my $16 recouped for the meeting but I made smart food choices this morning. And that, my dear friends, is priceless no matter what time of day it is.

P.S. – the soft drinks were Pepsi and you know I was having none of that.