Personal Victory

Hey guys!

I just wanted to share a couple things I've done in the past couple days that a year ago I never thought possible. I've never been good with self-control, and until I hit the end of high school, it was never a problem. I could eat three slices of pizza and cheese fries and stay the same weight. So once I started gaining weight, I just kind of shrugged it off. I'd never had to work at it before, so why start now? That mentality held me down for quite a while, and even once I got past it, my complete lack of self-control always sabotaged any attempt at weight loss.

But this weekend, I overcame that in a big way. I have a second job at Petsmart, and one of my coworkers baked cupcakes and put them in the break room, then went around and told everyone they were there. While I was standing at the register, it wasn't that big a deal. But I have to go into the break room to clock out after my shift. There was a good three or four second hesitation as I stared at the cupcakes, but I shook myself out of it and actually held my hand out and said "no" out loud. I walked to my car minus a cupcake but plus a smile.

Then, on the way home, there's a McDonald's that I very frequently stop at. My shift was 9-2, so I was hungry. I hadn't eaten anything yet that day, and I reasoned that there were enough calories for my to have two of the grilled snack wraps and some fries. But as I turned onto the street the building was on, I just kept on driving. I said to myself "there's something you can make at home that will fill you more, cost you less, and make you feel better about your choice." As it turns out, I was right. There's an app called Spark Recipes that has tons of healthy recipes to choose from, and I ended up making a Grilled Cheese Pizza Sandwich for less calories than a single snack wrap. (And it tasted so much better too!)

Sorry for the tl;dr, but with the past I've had with bad choices and zero willpower, these little things make all the difference in the world to me.