My office is having another eating thing this week. Thankfully I will be gone. My office loves to eat. It seems like once or twice a month there is some sort of a party or potluck going on. This is when it is the hardest for me to stay away. The smells here in the office are like little demon people running around flaunting food at me. Last time, luckily there was a salad I was able to munch on, but in order to get to the salad I had to walk past all the tempting desserts, rolls, and wraps. And that is when I have to argue with myself. Except for this past time, I have been making excuses and taking my lunch hour during these wonderfully horribly packed full of calories and carbs occasions. I am the only birthday in the month of March, and thankfully they took into consideration that I didn’t want to have a food packed party and got me a really nice gift instead.

Normally when I tell people that I am doing this, they are considerate in what they do around me. Not that I would ever ask people to make sacrifices on my account, but take for example my husband, when we go out to eat we used to get desserts and drinks which now would be a huge no-no, but I had told him that even though I couldn’t do that he could if he wished. Needless to say he hasn’t, which has made it that much easier to stay on plan.

Support is essential to success. It doesn’t matter what kind of success you are looking for or trying to gain. But everyone striving to get there needs some sort of support from somewhere or someone. One day it may be my husband that has helped me succeed in making it through that day without succumbing to my temptations. I don’t have great willpower so anything helps. Other days it may be one of my coworkers, (who has a huge bowl of that horrible wonderful thing call chocolate on her desk) putting the bowl of candy away when I come in there, or telling me that I don’t need it when she sees my eyes drifting over there.

Thankfully, this week I have lost another pound. I feel that I am losing at a pretty consistent pace, but my body is just so stubborn. I am thankful that I got on Medifast as I am going to get down to my goal weight with their help. Anyways, hopefully at next week’s weight-in I will have some more wonderful news, as normally that is how it goes, 1 pound one week, three pounds the next.

Until Next Time…