I avoided the cupcakes and cookies!!!!
On thursday it my the grand opening for my job so i ate WAY off plan. The cookies and cupcakes were still here and i have avoided them all day!!! Everytime i walk past i think about eating one, then i get some self control and realize Im not losing anything by NOT eating it

Good job, Courtney! Cupcakes are hard for me to pass by, so I applaud you.

My NSV for this weekend is that on Friday I ran three miles on the treadmill. Without stopping! That's a big deal for me, because I really don't enjoy running.

I also went out of town for a friend's graduation this weekend and make great food choices the entire time. I think I was annoying her because she kept ordering things like onion rings and fried green tomatoes ('they're vegetables, right?' 'not really'), while I ate salad and grilled chicken. But I don't care what anyone else eats, I only care what I eat. So I'm proud of myself for staying OP when faced with pancakes and Lyn's famous biscuits and lots of other carbs.

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So glad you can wear things again that you really like.

Ideal
lol. While we were at the zoo this weekend someone said something about being able to run fast while we were at the bear area. I just laughed and said there are lots of people here that can't run as fast as I can, I will be safe. I can run pretty darn fast if a bear is after me.

Gurly
Oh nice going on the pants. I had a pair like that. I was not happy when they were to big to wear and then I thought what the heck is wrong with you. YIPPPEE they are to big lol.

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Wonderful. Won't be long and you will be wearing 14's.


Candykisses
What a great way to look at it. You are strong, you are in control.


thistoo
You are right. This isn't about what others eat. This is about what we eat. We are the only one that can make good choices for ourself.

I have a new one that just happened tonight at work.

I'm a reference librarian at a public library, and part of my job is teaching computer classes. One of my regulars came in tonight to use Publisher, which she's never used before. So I got her started and answered questions periodically, and when she was done she gave me a bag with a card and a mini loaf of homemade sourdough bread as a thank you for all the help I've given her.

It was really sweet, but more to the point, it was a HUGE temptation. Carbs and I just don't have a good relationship, particularly carbs made from white flour. But that bread smelled good, and I seriously considered stopping at the grocery store on the way home to pick up a jar of peanut butter (not the natural kind, either) and eating the whole loaf when I got home.

I really wanted to. I really, really did. But instead I left it on my desk to give to my coworkers tomorrow, and I came home and made some protein-fortified faux ice cream out of frozen bananas, skim milk, and protein powder. It wasn't sugary peanut butter on sourdough, but it was OP, so that's what counts.

I have one today. My DH bought a big bag of crunchy Cheetos today. Cheetos are probably one of my top 5 binge trigger foods. I have eaten entire bags of them. I seriously have a major Cheeto issue.

Anyway, he poured a big bowl of them and left them on the kitchen table. I have been walking around them all evening. And I know I will be watching him eat them when he comes back in. I have not had a single one. I did not even touch them and then lick the orange off my fingers. And I have committed to myself that as soon as he leaves tomorrow (he is going out of town for a month) I am going to THROW THEM AWAY. Not having a single Cheeto is a huge NSV for me.

Someone please ask me tomorrow if I threw them away...

I started giggling like a crazy-person today, walking down a long corridor at work to the water cooler -- as I was walking I'd looked DOWN and noticed for the first time I see BOOBS and then feet!!!! NO BELLLLY interfering with the line of boobs to feet!!

I wore a size 18/20 shirt for the first time in YEARS! I was wearing 26/28 and the largest t-shirts I could find! I went to work and people went, "OMG you are looking great." That was an awesome feeling for me. I held me head up high all day long.

Lynn - DID YOU THROW THEM AWAY?!?!?!?!?

One of my client's is a bakery - owned by an italian man with an old world mentality about food. He considers it an insult to not eat his food. Anyway - I managed to get through the entire day without 1 single treat. Woohooooo

Beth,

YES!! I did it! My NSV for today: as soon as I dropped DH at the airport I came straight home and threw out those cheetos!! A first for me... a bag of cheetos in my house and I did not eat ONE.

woohooo!!! You Go Girl!!!!!

thistoo
Way to go on controlling temptation.

lyn
You have a couple of nvs's there. First controlling yourself to not blow up at someone who would bring something in the house that is a trigger food for you. Wow that is self control. Second the Cheeto's, that is so terrific that you want to be healthy more than you want something that tastes so good to you. I am very proud of you.

Trazey
Oh my gosh, that has to make you feel sooooooooo good.

My sister dropped her jaw when I told her I walked 6 miles.--That was the best feeling of accomplishment.

This may sound silly - but I threw out my bigger size panties. I had to buy them back in December, and for the past 2 months they've been sitting in the back of the drawer. Throwing them out means I will never need them again. And I am committed to that!

Tonight I got all my food lined up for work tomorrow.
Packed up the rest of the 2% cottage cheese. (I buy it in Sam's sized tubs)
Made my salad.
Remembered to buy a new bottle of salad dressing for work.
Packed my snacks & raw veggies for breakfast.
Set up the espresso machine with coffee & water.

DD wants a smoothie for breakfast tomorrow, so I bought everything for that. Portioned out the fruits. Changed out the food processor for the blender.

So I'm all planned and ready to go in the morning.

My NSV this evening is, I feel like smacking someone but I am not taking it out on food.

(BTW, no one in particular I want to smack...)