A mini success for me

grandsolike

Hello all,
I'm new here, only just started on my weightloss journey and since I haven't told anyone IRL about it I thought I'd post here because I really need to share it with someone.
Today I was SERIOUSLY craving junk, I wasn't even sure what sort of junk I wanted, whether I wanted sugar, chocolate or grease...all I knew is I wanted *something* bad. I fought it all morning, nothing worked. I drank litres of water, tried sugar free gum and fruit (not together) but by lunchtime it was so bad I had more or less decided that I was going to succumb to temptation and was ready to write today off as a shocker, food wise.
I went out at lunchtime, still trying to decide what junk I was going to break my diet with and decided to have a look at some clothes before I had lunch. This was probably the best thing I've ever done...seeing all those gorgeous clothes gave me back my motivation. I tried on a gorgeous skirt and even though it looked awful on me it didn't bother me because I realised that if I didn't fight my cravings it would always look awful on me so I left the shop, went back to the office and had my tuna salad for lunch, more determined than ever that I *would* get back into all the lovely skirts and dresses I wore in my pre-pregnancy days.

I think that's possibly the first time in my life that I've given myself 'permission' to slip up and then not done it. I am so unbelievably proud of myself right now.

caitlinclock

That is awesome! You should be so proud!
I'm glad you found what you needed to motivate yourself again! Keep up the great work!

poodlepaws

You should be extremely proud of yourself and that's not a mini success; That's a big success!

We do whatever it takes to keep going on the weight loss journey.

Canonoch

Great Job. I know it is not easy fighting cravings. You found something that helped you though it. WTG!

BigGail

That's awesome - the biggest part of my "lifestyle change" is getting over mental cravings - you did great!

BigGail

That's awesome - the biggest part of my "lifestyle change" is getting over mental cravings - you did great!

pamp1emousse

Amazing! Well done :happy:
Also, you've indirectly given me such good advice for when I just want to eat a whole loaf of bread with butter - go window shopping! Brilliant idea!

Congrats on your big success!!

AdventureVia

Great job! Keep it up! I've not had any real chocolate or sugar in over a month and I gotta say it feels really good. I don't crave it and it's kind of like when I quit smoking, now it just kind of puts me off a bit. It'll come!

Dafrog

proud of you. sometimes it is hard to stay focused

lornawalker

Well done, its so hard to say no but you proved to yourself you can do it, you should feel really proud :drinker: