Do I dare a popcorn free movie??

Another big challenge possibly faces me this evening. I really, really, really want to go see "Couples Retreat" tonight- it looks so funny and it has some of my favorite actors/actresses in it. It's going to be so hard to not get popcorn. And not just to not get it to but to smell it! I feel like a pregnant woman! My sense of food smell is HIGHLY overdeveloped right now. I went over to my friend Burton's house at lunch time to bring his puppy home to him (Morris and Luna had a wild sleep over last night!) and he and his friend Antonio had sandwiches from Quiznos. Now, you and I both know that sandwiches don't really have a strong smell; it's not like garlic or BBQ! But these sandwiches, from across the room, smelled so good. I could hardly stand it! And I don't even LIKE Quiznos!! I drank my strawberry shake while I was there as a distraction but I really can't stop thinking about how much I would love a club sandwich from Jersey Mike's. So that is my concern about tonight and the popcorn. I'm worried because normal popcorn smell is tempting enough but underfed, starvation-sense-of-smell popcorn smell might cause me actual physical pain. It will be mental agony at the very least. Not sure if it's worth it; as Shawn pointed out, the movie is only rated PG-13 so how funny can it really be?

I leave for Disney World with Sara a week from tomorrow and I am most looking forward to getting breakfast at Bojangles on the way to the airport that morning. I feel like an alcoholic that tries to quit drinking and makes it through a day without one and then rewards himself with a drink. I have to stop thinking of food as my reward but honestly that is what I am doing; and how I am getting through each stage. First, it was get through 4 days and you can have chili; now it's get through the next 7 and you can have Bojangles. I can do this diet and lose all the weight possible but I'm never going to keep it off if I don't find a way to stop thinking of food as a reward. Any thoughts/suggestions??

I'll let you know tomorrow if I made it to the movie or not- and if so, if it was worth the intoxicating popcorn smell exposure.

Oh but I do have to add one more thing about yesterday; it's almost easy to stay on a diet when your life is scheduled and predictable but when your day goes to hell in a hand basket with a 5 a.m. wake up call that your friend is in a hospital, it's a lot harder to stay focused on your food regime. I'm super proud of myself for making it through yesterday and it's up and downs and complete disregard for my eating schedule. Aside from not drinking quite enough water, I did really great. I need to remember that in the weak moments; if I kept this up at the time it would easiest to mess it up, then I can keep going.