Apr 12, 2011 - donuts    5 Comments

God is in the donut…

So, God helped me through a moment of weakness, today…

I had decided to go through the drive-thru at Dunkin’ Donuts today to get some coffee to take back to the office for my “afternoon treat”. First, though, I had to stop by Publix to pick up some fat-free creamer (cuz I was out).

Did that.

Headed to Dunkin’.

Problem… I had a coupon in my purse for a free donut with the purchase of a beverage. I’d gotten it last week when I stopped by and did the same thing (coffee for my afternoon treat).

So, I told my husband, before I left home and headed to the store, that I wasn’t going to get the donut. Because it’s best to speak it out loud whenever you’re having to make a tough decision. But secretly inside, I really wanted to go ahead and get the donut.

#1. It was free.

#2. It was within my daily points plus allowance because I’ve made a list of 5 donuts I can get that are either 6 or 7 pts+ (As long as I plan for these extra pts+ I can have them!). Hey, I like donuts, okay?!

#3. I could eat it on my way back to work and no one would be the wiser.

So I pull up to the Dunkin’ drive-thru and order my coffee—decaf, black. I pulled up to the pay window and it dawned on me that I forgot to order my free donut!

I thought, well, it’s not too late, I can still order it when the guy comes and hands me my coffee. But then my mind went blank as to what the 6 and 7 pts+ donuts were. Completely blank!

I pull out my phone, because I’d made a sticky note on the desktop of my phone that had the 5 donuts listed out.

Too late.

The guy came with my coffee and I would have had to have him hold on while I look on my phone, which I felt woulda been silly for me to do. So I gave up. Handed him the money for the coffee and drove away.

No free donut.

So, I think God did something like holding his hand over my eyes, or rather in this case my memory, so I wouldn’t remember to order the donut and I couldn’t remember what type was the lowest in pts+.

Thanks, God. Wait, did that sound sarcastic? Uh, yea, it sure did.

But I REALLY wanted the donut!

5 Comments

  • Love love love this post. I've had people look at me weird for similar stories. My favorite one…I vowed to only have two slices of pizza. I knew I could do it, but I caved and I went back for 2 more slices. I was carrying them back to the living room to eat while I watched tv and I tripped….the pizza flew Up and came back down….face down on the floor….ohh yeah not at all edible. But I know that it was the hand of God!

  • Great post!

  • Great post. I do believe God is in the details and wants to help us in the little things. I wanted extra butter on popcorn and dropped the whole bag while trying to squirt the butter. All I could do was shake my head as the concession stand kid looked at me like she could choke me.

  • ben and jerry's had free scoop day on the 12th…I live four hours from one…but I just started my journal weightloss blog on the 13th so I could of got away with it. It took me a day after the all you can eat buffet to take the initiative. In the back of my blogger mind, I had seen a handful of journal like blogs for weight loss and said…I think that is the way I can keep my eating binges in check and make a goal.

  • LOL I love dunking donuts. Its almost a sin to have things so bad for us but taste soooo good.

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