Baby Steps and {un}Sweet Success

So what's the story, Morning Glory?

These past few days I have had some triumphant moments. Sunday I baked cupcakes to bring to church for some one's birthday. I did not eat the left over batter (spare me the salmonella poisoning lecture, but I usually do;-), nor did I eat any of the icing. To top that off, there was one cupcake that wouldn't fit in the container. I cradled that sweet little cupcake in my hands as I brought it to my husband asking what to do with it, lol! My usual solution is simple: eat it, duh. But I didn't. Instead, I let each of the kids have a cupcake before church.

Moving on to Monday. I started out the day with a flat tire that I had to change. No big deal really, except my jack wasn't working right (or more likely, I wasn't using it right) and it took me a while to get it changed. By the time I was done, I was hot and sweaty and dirty and late for work, My normal reaction to that? Find the nearest junk food and eat it. And that was my reaction...except I didn't. I thought about it and then made the conscious choice to not let my stresses dictate my diet.

And now on to Tuesday and the grand re-opening in our Dining Center at Golden Living. To celebrate the new additions they were giving away free cake (read FREE CAKE!!!). But I had just gotten finished running and I have specific goals for this week so I skipped the cake, I SKIPPED FREE CAKE!!! It looked pretty yummy too:-) I did, late in the day get the funnel cake they were having at snack time. Before you say WHAT?! read this: It was barely a sixth (if that because was also pretty thin) of the size you get at a fair and I felt bad about deciding to get it. So I didn't even eat all of it. All in all, I have had a successful few days.

Add those good choices to my running and Insanity workouts, and I am seeing pounds, inches, and most importantly, fat come right off.

So baby steps and {un}sweet success...


~KC