2 steps forward and one step back

May 13, 2011

 So, this morning, I was feeling upbeat and decided to hop on the scale. I walked a couple of days this week to the subway station and can feel my body adjusting. What is my weight now? Drum roll please.... 318.8  Hooray! I am out of the 320's. I have been languishing in the three twentydom for the past two months. I obtained my first goal.

I've decided setting small goals is the way to go.  The scale and I have a shaky relationship at best.. Sometimes I outright hate the SOB. So, I'm trying to redefine the relationship.  I have read that it is a good technique to  weigh yourself every day. I'm not ready to do that right now. There have been times when I weighed and it just ruined my entire day when I saw the number reported. So, I'm weighing myself once a week for now. 

I'm still struggling with my sugar cravings.  It's a constant battle and lately sugar has been getting the advantage and socking it to me. I caved and bought a 1/2 gallon of ice cream not one but two days!. Plus, I ate cookies another day. Oh vey!! That sugar monkey is still on my back. The good news is I walked to the metro several times this week but I need to find a better solution for coping with my sugar addiction.  I'm fine during the day. I pack healthy meals and snacks. It's at night that I experience the strongest sugar cravings.  Sometimes, I'm able to ignore it and other times I answer with a resounding YES!!! what shall I have?!!  

I have never used drugs but I'm finding that me trying to conquer my sugar addiction is just like a junkie getting off his/her drug of choice. There's victories, relapses and setbacks. The really bad thing about having a sugar addiction is that it is so readily available in many forms and is fairly inexpensive. Uggh!!!  I'm not going to let sugar win. I continue to fight the good fight.  Sugar, you're going down!!!  

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