[*Anya*]

I really appreciate the warm welcome I received yesterday, it felt wonderful.

I did have a very good day yesterday though it did not start out that way. Though I have been sticking to my eating plan (the word diet, for me, is not a good word), when I weighed yesterday morning, the 2 lbs. I had lost the day before, somehow where back again! Not only do I want to lose weight but it is about my health, so I call it my eating plan. I chose to not fixate on the two pounds and to keep control.

For me it is so much in my head, not my body. When I tell myself I have control over my eating and I work hard to truly believe it- wow, I take control of my eating! When I am not in a good place, I feel that I have no control, I start having negative thoughts and I give up that control! That is what got me in trouble with those damn Skinny Cow cups. (I don't go down the ice cream isle in the store now-just to help myself.)

Today, it is one week since I totally gave up sweets-except what is in fruit (& I usually have one small peach mid-morning and one in the afternoon) and I still have a little craving but am telling myself I really don't-it's all in my head.

Which, for me, it is.

I measure my progess in baby steps, take it one day at a time, try to focus on today instead of all my tomorrows.

Have a great day everyone and all of you inspire me to stay on my path to better health.

Hugs to all.