Christy - 1 Treats - 0

I've been allowing myself a treat a day (some days more) the past couple of weeks. It's kept me going through the day and I haven't seen it's affect on the scale yet so I keep doing it.

The treats range anywhere from a 300 calorie bowl of ice cream to a 100 calorie bag of popcorn to a 70 calorie popsicle.

I just know myself and once treats become a daily routine then more treats and poor eating creep into my routine. Commonly used phrases by me are "I had ice cream last night, I may as well have a muffin this morning", which was exactly my train of thought a few minutes ago. Instead it was "I only had popcorn last night so I can afford a muffin this morning". I even opened up my purse to scramble together some change.

Then I went to my lunch bag and took out a container of cut up veggies and dip (fat free sour cream with onion soup mix) and had that instead.

Isn't it amazing how powerful you feel after avoiding a mishap involving sweets??

Today was the first day I had to use the old elastic band through the buttonhole for my pants. They are a size 9 and fit everywhere except in the stomach. By this time with Carson I had gained close to 10 lbs and was just fat everywhere. This time I'm forming a kind of cute little stomach (I can feel it hard underneath my layer of fat, nice description eh?) and I'm proud of it.

Focusing on the positive

Maybe not everything in my life is going exactly as planned, but let's just focus on the things that are.

1/ I am LOVING my new job. The people, the work, the agency, the location, the free parking.. the list goes on.

2/ The gym at work. Right now it's not possible for me to work 7-3, so I'm working 8-4. Rather than working out at 3, I came in at 7 this morning. The gym was empty for my whole workout. It has everything I need (err except a bosu ball, I'm putting that in the suggestion box). The showers are beautiful (honestly, nicer than my own shower) with big huge ceramic tile, and long enough to keep your stuff (towel, toiletries bag) still in the shower but far enough away from the shower to get wet. The floors in the changeroom are nice big ceramic tiles as well and CLEAN as heck. The blowdryer is like salon-quality (kicks mine in the butt) and the lighting is perfect for doing make up. And I was at my desk at 8:05. Perfect!

3/ I have been ROCKING my eating habits this week and the scale is moving in the right direction again. I haven't felt deprived at all, or had any of my normal horrible beating-myself-up feelings. Which is always good.

4/ It's Friday. I'm heading out with the girls tonight for a little shopping and then some dinner. Tomorrow morning is the Santa Claus parade in Kanata, picking my mom up at the airport in the afternoon and I'm having the twins sleep over tomorrow night.

Happy Friday!