Good job resisting it! Keep going strong!
A lady at my work yesterday morning told me that there'd be treats at break time. I said, wow, Joyce's cookies, I'm trying to quit! I'm a nurse, so thankfully I don't have to be around it all day because we can only have food in the break room. But when I walked in there to get my coffee, there were 2 HUGE platters (I'm talking like 2 feet high!) of about 12 different kinds of cookies. When I walked in the room, I was astounded and actually said, "Oh my Lord in Heaven above, you have fricking got to be KIDDING me!" Everyone laughed because they know I've been working on losing weight. One of the girls said, "Shannon, I saved you a spot to sit down here at the other end of the table!"
That worked. Then at lunch time, the tower was down to about a foot high, and I did have to sit close to it. I was looking at it all, and really, some of them looked amazing. Oatmeal scotchies, snickerdoodles, and this one peanut butter and jelly bar, the likes of which I have never seen, and hope never to again!
As I was eating my lunch and looking at those cookies, I was thinking/realizing that if I were to eat just one small one, it really wouldn't be THAT many calories. But if I eat the one, am I going to be satisfied with it? Feel like, Oh that really hit the spot, glad I had a little bite of a sweet treat? No, I knew I'd want the 2nd one as much if not MORE than the first. And the third, and the fourth, etc, etc. As Robin says, I have been realizing more and more that saying no to the first bite is actually easier than saying no to the second.
So YAY us for staying strong and not getting on that slippery slope!!!