when I can walk past the cupcake store multiple times and not have even the most fleeting desire to go in.
The only parking place I could find today was right in front of the cupcake store. So I hit the grocery store and the bank (it’s half way between them) and walked past the window filled with the freshest of fresh delicious cupcakes several times (because I forgot to get lemons at the grocery store and so had to go back) without a single twinge.
Hooray for me. I am SO happy to be in this place.
I know I have a long way to go (like the rest of my life 
), but after over a year of starts and stops … with the starts sometimes barely lasting a day … it is so great to feel firmly on the path.
And I remember this feeling. Not just from the first part of this journey when I lost the first ~40 pounds, but from the years and years when I didn’t have a weight problem. Life wasn’t a series then of on or off a diet. Life just was. I fully admit that I was much more active then (as any mother of young kids will testify), but I never belonged to a gym and never counted a single calorie. I just ate when I was hungry and realize now I ate almost exactly like I’m eating now … lots of vegetables and proteins with some fruit and dairy without a lot of grains.
Do I think this is it? Well, I sure hope it is, but I know that I need to stay cognizant that as easily as I arrived in this place I can just as easily leave. All it takes is my listening to that voice coming back and telling me I deserve, I can, I should be able to eat that cupcake or cupcakes.
Is it crazy to be this happy about how well things are going at one week in? Probably, but I take my happiness where I can find it. 
That’s so good, lately I can’t quit the sweets and things I shouldn’t eat. Although people keep GIVING them to me as gifts and stuff, and I just take them…
I think it’s good to celebrate the victories as they come
A week is great!
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Thanks, Bee. I think there are times in our lives when we do the best we can with the sweets, etc, because there are other more important things we are dealing with … you’ll get where you need to be in good enough time.
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I don’t know that I could have walked past the cupcake store once much less more than once. Good for you. And definitely celebrate the victories as they come.
Thanks, Erin.
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We are totally on the same page right now! The things that tortured me with their presence in my cupboards (treats for hubby and boys) do not seem to be calling to me the last few days. Of course we know we have to stay vigilant because it is just so easy to fall back into old destructive patterns…I am being very careful in that area and I think that is why I am more successful this time. I am not taking anything for granted.
Me too on not taking anything for granted.
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You must be so pleased with your efforts. There are many people out there who are cheering you on!! – Maureen
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Thanks so much, Maureen.
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That’s one of those non-scale victories that adds up over time. Being able to resist and then continue resisting a tempting treat is huge. Congratulations and so glad to hear you are doing well.
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Diane -thanks. It’s so great to not even care about the treats.
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