Total Temptation & a Loving Yourself link-up

 FRIED CHEESECAKE.  It is cheesecake filling, wrapped up in this shell and deep fried, then topped with strawberry sauce, strawberries and fresh whipped cream.  I stared at it and it looked so good.  It looked like a cannoli.  I wanted it, I wanted all of it.  I said no, she said, 'Oh, you have to try it!'.  I said I was doing no sugar for February.  I drank 36 ounces of water just at supper that night to make myself extra full after my Southwest chicken salad and to avoid the dessert.

Then came Sunday after the baptism, baby Ellie's Grandma is one hell of a baker.  I already knew that from visiting my best friend in Iowa in the past.  Well, there was a homemade chocolate and a yellow cake after the baptism.  Homemade icing.  Cakes from scratch.  Moist.  Delicious.  Beautifully hand decorated.  I resisted, when I was driving home - I almost regretted it.  I thought, 'Well, when am I ever going to get cake from scratch again?  I should have just eaten a few bites of it'.  Self-challenge for February sucks.  But, my health and body will reap the benefits of my willingness to care, commit to the challenge and say no to the deliciousness.

Moving on..........

Cyn over at The Chunky Goddess is hosting this little Valentine's Day post thingie about loving yourself!
I had to do some searching through her blog to find it, but here's how she first explained it:

"so I am thinking of doing a link-up meme for valentines day?
what is a meme you ask?
well… a meme (rhymes with theme which i just found out) is kind of like a chain letter (for those of us old enough to remember those). basically it’s a quiz, questionaire, topic and/or common theme that a bevy of bloggers will pass around, write about & link up to.
(hope that makes sense?)
anywho…
valentine’s day is usually associated with showing our love for that special someone or someones in our life. i would like to change things up a bit & focus on loving ourselves – the importance of it & how it has affected (or is it effected – i always screw them up) your journey.
and no it doesn’t have to be JUST about weight loss – all of my non-weight loss bloggy peeps are MORE than welcome to link up!
the link will be opened from february 13th until midnight on february 14th & i would love if everyone wrote a post about loving yourself/what it means/how you do it/not loving yourself enough/etc & whatever take on the subject you want to write about. it can be heartfelt, serious, inspirational, funny, whatever – or a mix of it all! just put your own twist & style into it!
then just link up your post & have fun hoppin’ around reading everyone’s posts as well & hopefully be inspired & feel the bloggy l♥ve!" <<<From Cyn's blog

Here's the post to which you can link your post if you want to write on such a subject:

 http://thechunkygoddess.com/2012/02/13/meme-valentines-day-2012-the-day-of-loving-you/

I am going to work on a post for this, because I have been thinking it is something I need to evaluate right now.  Thanks Cyn, for coming up with the idea and having a place to link and go read other stories.