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Reflections on Temptation

Reflections on Temptation

Lisa Eirene

About Lisa Eirene Lisa lost 110 pounds through calorie counting and exercise. She swims, bikes, runs, hikes and is enjoying life in Portland, Oregon. Her weight loss story has been featured in First Magazine, Yahoo Health, Woman's Day and Glamour.com.

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18 Comments

  1. Roz@weightingfor50

    Hope you feel better VERY soon Lisa!!! Bread samples at a gym??? What’s with that??????

    1. Lisa Eirene

      At least it wasn’t donut samples, right? ๐Ÿ˜› It’s nuts!

      Thanks, I am feeling ok, not great but not as bad as yesterday!

  2. Lisa

    Mmm love the turkey / mustard / swiss cheese combination!

    1. Lisa Eirene

      It was good. Even better with bacon. ๐Ÿ˜‰

  3. Alleigh

    My gym has never had samples, but I was just talking with a friend about how I really found it annoying that the Food Network and The Biggest Loser are the things always on at the same time when I’m at the gym (they have 12 TVs lined up in front of the treadmills and various ellipticals). Sometimes there will be one TV tuned into ESPN or CNN, but having The Food Network and the Biggest Loser on while I’m at the gym really works as a demotivator for me, and it’s so frustrating.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      I agree with you, Alleigh. My gym has the individual TVs and the big ones on the wall. It’s either sports–no thanks, or The Food Network. I hate watching food shows on TV at the gym!! It makes me hungry! I’d much rather watch something else. I usually change it to HGTV.

  4. Deb

    I loved the free samples when I was a kid, but now its more like do I even like what they’re giving out? Probably not. Move on. Luckily too, the only store that really does it around here is Costco and I rarely go there. I’ve seen Walmart do it a few times, but nowhere near as much.

    Samples at the gym… tacky. Messed up. Aggravating. And the Food Network? Really? That’s just wrong!

    1. Deb

      Oh! Also got my shiny new Polar HRM today and got to try it out! So easy to use and I think I’m already in love with it. ๐Ÿ™‚

      1. Lisa Eirene

        Woohoo! I love my heart rate monitor!

    2. Lisa Eirene

      That’s great that you recognize “do I even like this?” now. It was a challenge for me, but I’m more discriminating on what I eat. Same at buffets or potlucks. I don’t waste my calories anymore.

  5. Laura Jane @ Recovering Chocoholic

    Can’t believe they had samples the gym of all places!! I wouldn’t like that. The gym should be a safe zone.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      I like that– the gym SHOULD be a safe zone. It should be the one place I don’t have to fight off temptations.

  6. Lisa

    I recently went to a new Planet Fitness that was opening in my area to check it out. The guy made sure to tell me, “Oh, by the way, every Friday night is pizza night, so make sure you stop in.” Pizza night? At the gym? I seriously have to fight against the urge to eat pizza practically every day. I do not want to smell or be offered FREE pizza when I am trying to work out and get healthy.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      Free PIZZA?!?!?! That is absolutely awful! I would quit that gym so fast! Pizza is one thing I cannot resist!

  7. Diane Fit to the Finish

    We both have a post about temptation, although in different ways. I am not a fan of free food. I think germs, calories, and yuck. That’s probably why I can pass it up. Now hubby – he loves it all.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      I’m catching up on posts after being sick this week. I’ll read yours soon. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Good call on germs. That’s a good deterrent for me!

  8. Biz

    I hope you are feeling better! My old gym had a coffee shop in it, and they used to sell giant muffins the size of my head and donuts and coffee cake – really? But a couple weeks ago, they took it down and now its a Subway!

    Hope you have a great weekend!

    1. Lisa Eirene

      Donuts and coffee? Ugh! Who needs that temptation when trying to work out?? Subway is even worse!

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