I have lost 55 pounds in the past year or so, but I AM STUCK
and have
been for 4 weeks, probably five come tomorrow. NS works, so
the fault
is my own. I am proud and glad I did not gain during the
holiday season,
but that’s not enough! I still have 11 more pounds to go and
need to get
it gone!!! I did fine this week until this afternoon when I
got assailed by a
plate of spicy pasta! One of my coworkers had had a meeting,
and they
were left with the dreaded (but o-so-tasty) leftovers! I
have been dodging
the little devils, but today that pasta just grabbed me, and
I ate some! It was
good, but not good enough to have wasted all those calories
on it. Later, one
of my staff members came to me with a cookie. Being
seriously allergic to
nuts, she asked if the object in the cookie were a macadamia
nut. When I
confirmed that it was, she silently handed me that evil
cookie and left my
office. Now, what else could I do but eat it since it was in
my hand and
looked SO GOOD. (It was good, but, again, not enough to have
consumed
all those calories.) I am affirming and must remember that success
in this
life-long weight control venture depends largely on my
refraining from
looking at, smelling and above all tasting anything that the
caterer’s
delivery van brings to our building!
I fell off the NS program today, but I will just get right back
on and ride
until I meet my goal. You can do that, too. Don’t let one
day’s indiscretion
torpedo you. You have more strength in you than you realize,
so tap into
it and don’t give up. We’re all in this boat together.
