why did i wait so long?

Thank you all so much for all the awesome support you give me.  It has been a busy past few days.  lots of b day parties and sleep overs.  I did very good at my nieces party. I actually brought my own food.  My brother in law said I had issues because I brought a lean cuisine meal and ate it instead of the hotdogs, hamburgers and cake. I was proud of myself at her party.  then came my daughters party.  I slipped and had cake. I did work out, but obviously that doesn’t push me to lose weight any more. Its all about what I eat at this point. I mean I know that working out is why I am not gaining and why I lose the small amt I am losing, but I am really droping the ball in the food dept.  So today I had a new outlook on my eating habits. I have to step it up. I have to stop all this sugar craving and stop cheating myself. because that is after all what I am doing. I am cheating myself out of what I really want, by eating sugary junk.  so, starting tomorrow I am cutting out all processed sugar from my diet. I am only allowing natural sugar from things like fruit to be in my food choices. I am really hoping this will stop the sugar cravings and get me out of this slump.  I still have fifty lbs to lose, and I will not lose it craving the stuff i have been craving lately.  It really is agonizing.  I am also not alowing myself “treat meals” until I lose ten lbs. so every ten lbs, I will give myself a treat. I know that to some this sounds counter productive, to reward myself with food. but since I have been “treating” about every week or two, this is actually a lot less than before. I also know that some people might think this is too strict.  I just dont know what else to do. I am not losing the weight i want to lose with my current plan. It has worked greatly up until now, but its time to change it up a bit.  I have also changed my workouts.  I am switching things up in the gym and increasing my intensity all the time.  I am sure that if I can stick to my calories and get this sugar craving under control, that I will see the lbs drop again.  so in a way, this is a new begining.  I have new found motivation (i guess you would call it).  so, here is a picture of my daughters sleep over party. they were “watching” a movie in my bed.  my little one is the cutie on the right in the purple nightgown. she is getting so big.  I swear she just had a growth spurt this week! and for some reason she likes to smile with her mouth wide open lately, lol!!