I went to the movies yesterday with my daughter and a friend. Making it past the popcorn, soda and chocolate at the concession stand was a major plus for me.
We went to see The Man From U.N.C.L.E. It was a fun movie and I enjoyed it a great deal. I was pleased to see it was set up for a sequel.
But the evening was overshadowed by something that shouldn't have bothered me so much; new theatre seats.
Now the reason I have always chosen this one theatre is because it was a little older and the seats were big and comfortalbe (in short my butt fit in the seat even with the arm down). But the theatre remodeled. Now they have these wonderful faux leather seats that recline that everyone in the theatre was raving about.
Except me.
Were they comfortable? Not for someone overweight. The seat no longer fit my butt, even with the arm up. There was a slight rise between the two seats when the arm was up that dug into my thigh. My other thigh kept pushing into the recline button and the foot rest and back kept moving up and down. I wanted to rest my head back, but the way the seat was designed (lumbar support) I couldn't...you see my butt was too big to get past the lumbar support without bowing my back.
So I enjoyed the movie because it was fun and tried to ignore how uncomfortable I was.
I came out with a crick in my neck and a leg that was asleep - but I didn't want to tell my daughter or her friend that the experience had been just this side of miserable for me.
Right in front of me was a Coldstone.
I looked at my daughter and her friend and told them that I wanted ice cream so badly that I just needed to leave. I knew I would cheat on my diet horribly if I went to dinner with them or even took one more step towards Coldstone. I hugged them both and left, grateful they fully understood.
I was very sad I didn't have the willpower to go to dinner with them and very sad at how the movie theatre seats all but ruined my night...
but I recognized something through all of this....
I didn't cheat. That is the first time I can ever say I didn't cheat on my diet when the opportunity came up. I didn't fall into emotional eating, I didn't justify "just a small scoop" I didn't tell myself I'd fast the next day. I stuck with it.
So a good movie and willpower - that is what I'll focus on today :)