Minor triumph

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Every Sunday my sister and her family come over to our house for a late
lunch. My dad and I usually provide some sort of dessert for them, and
it's not unusual for me to have a little bite. Or two. Or three. Or
sometimes a whole piece of cake. Not every time, but too often. Today,
everyone had left, including my dad, and there was a half a donut left
over. My favorite kind, with the chocolate icing and the cream filling.
No one around to see if I ate it. I threw it away.

Just one half a donut won't make a huge difference in the long run, but as
I've started to realize the last few weeks, every little bit matters.
Every choice can be the beginning of a path. Every bad choice could be
where it all went wrong, and every good choice could be a new beginning
where it all goes right.

Good for you!

--
Saffire
205/147/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

I thought you were going to say you inhaled the donut. Congratz on finding
the willpower.

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Every Sunday my sister and her family come over to our house for a late
lunch. My dad and I usually provide some sort of dessert for them, and
it's not unusual for me to have a little bite. Or two. Or three. Or
sometimes a whole piece of cake. Not every time, but too often. Today,
everyone had left, including my dad, and there was a half a donut left
over. My favorite kind, with the chocolate icing and the cream filling.
No one around to see if I ate it. I threw it away.

Just one half a donut won't make a huge difference in the long run, but as
I've started to realize the last few weeks, every little bit matters.
Every choice can be the beginning of a path. Every bad choice could be
where it all went wrong, and every good choice could be a new beginning
where it all goes right.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Very minor.

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Every Sunday my sister and her family come over to our house for a late
lunch. My dad and I usually provide some sort of dessert for them, and
it's not unusual for me to have a little bite. Or two. Or three. Or
sometimes a whole piece of cake. Not every time, but too often. Today,
everyone had left, including my dad, and there was a half a donut left
over. My favorite kind, with the chocolate icing and the cream filling.
No one around to see if I ate it. I threw it away.

Just one half a donut won't make a huge difference in the long run, but as
I've started to realize the last few weeks, every little bit matters.
Every choice can be the beginning of a path. Every bad choice could be
where it all went wrong, and every good choice could be a new beginning
where it all goes right.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

well done!!

Luna said:

Every Sunday my sister and her family come over to our house for a late
lunch. My dad and I usually provide some sort of dessert for them, and
it's not unusual for me to have a little bite. Or two. Or three. Or
sometimes a whole piece of cake. Not every time, but too often. Today,
everyone had left, including my dad, and there was a half a donut left
over. My favorite kind, with the chocolate icing and the cream filling.
No one around to see if I ate it. I threw it away.

Just one half a donut won't make a huge difference in the long run, but as
I've started to realize the last few weeks, every little bit matters.
Every choice can be the beginning of a path. Every bad choice could be
where it all went wrong, and every good choice could be a new beginning
where it all goes right.

A journey of a 1000 miles begins with one step . . .
And every donut not eaten is one step closer to goal.

In article <[email hidden]>,

JC Der Koenig said:

Very minor.

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Every Sunday my sister and her family come over to our house for a late
lunch. My dad and I usually provide some sort of dessert for them, and
it's not unusual for me to have a little bite. Or two. Or three. Or
sometimes a whole piece of cake. Not every time, but too often. Today,
everyone had left, including my dad, and there was a half a donut left
over. My favorite kind, with the chocolate icing and the cream filling.
No one around to see if I ate it. I threw it away.

Just one half a donut won't make a huge difference in the long run, but as
I've started to realize the last few weeks, every little bit matters.
Every choice can be the beginning of a path. Every bad choice could be
where it all went wrong, and every good choice could be a new beginning
where it all goes right.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

That's true.

--

Eat less, exercise more. -- MFW

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"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

A journey of a 1000 miles begins with one step . . .
And every donut not eaten is one step closer to goal.

In article <[email hidden]>,

JC Der Koenig said:

Very minor.

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Every Sunday my sister and her family come over to our house for a late
lunch. My dad and I usually provide some sort of dessert for them, and
it's not unusual for me to have a little bite. Or two. Or three. Or
sometimes a whole piece of cake. Not every time, but too often. Today,
everyone had left, including my dad, and there was a half a donut left
over. My favorite kind, with the chocolate icing and the cream
filling.
No one around to see if I ate it. I threw it away.

Just one half a donut won't make a huge difference in the long run, but
as
I've started to realize the last few weeks, every little bit matters.
Every choice can be the beginning of a path. Every bad choice could be
where it all went wrong, and every good choice could be a new beginning
where it all goes right.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Every Sunday my sister and her family come over to our house for a late
lunch. My dad and I usually provide some sort of dessert for them, and
it's not unusual for me to have a little bite. Or two. Or three. Or
sometimes a whole piece of cake. Not every time, but too often. Today,
everyone had left, including my dad, and there was a half a donut left
over. My favorite kind, with the chocolate icing and the cream filling.
No one around to see if I ate it. I threw it away.

Just one half a donut won't make a huge difference in the long run, but as
I've started to realize the last few weeks, every little bit matters.
Every choice can be the beginning of a path. Every bad choice could be
where it all went wrong, and every good choice could be a new beginning
where it all goes right.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

I agree with you, Michelle. I am getting away from being that stringent,
though. I might have eaten the half donut, though in fact I never really
cared for donuts.

But I have lost most of the weight that I wanted to lose, and people tell me
I look good now. More importantly, I FEEL good. While I don't go out and
splurge on sugar and starch foods, I do allow them into my diet on occassion
now. Just tonight I was invited to two different parties, one an early
Christmas party and the other a birthday party, and both served food.
Although I concentrated on light helpings of meats, cheeses, and raw
cauliflower and brocolli, there was a pea and cheese dish I sampled, and
also tried a few bites of a chocolate treat.

Eating that half donut today would have had almost no effect on your diet
plan. But if it became a temptation every day, that would be a different
story.

"Luna" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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.. Today,

Quoted message said:

everyone had left, including my dad, and there was a half a donut left
over. My favorite kind, with the chocolate icing and the cream filling.
No one around to see if I ate it. I threw it away.

Great! Now personally I would have no prob tossing a doughnut, but if it
was like a flakey puff pastery....there could be a tad of white knuckling
there. It doesn't happen much, but once in a while...

Quoted message said:

Just one half a donut won't make a huge difference in the long run, but as
I've started to realize the last few weeks, every little bit matters.
Every choice can be the beginning of a path. Every bad choice could be
where it all went wrong, and every good choice could be a new beginning
where it all goes right.

Very well said. *If* I could have one bite, then walk away, I would have
never been in the posistion to lose weight in the first place.

--
Lisa
208/159.5/145-150
High weight in 2004: 228
Low-carb since June 2004

You're right about the every choice being a new beginning. That is a
very strong psychologicial stimulus for eating the right way. Another
one that I find useful, is to remember that each choice has to happen
NOW, at this very instant. You could have eaten that donut, and said
"Well, I will throw the NEXT donut out". Well, you didn't wait till
the next donut, and that is an accomplishemt at well!
Good luck!
Elana

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted post said:

You're right about the every choice being a new beginning. That is a
very strong psychologicial stimulus for eating the right way. Another
one that I find useful, is to remember that each choice has to happen
NOW, at this very instant. You could have eaten that donut, and said
"Well, I will throw the NEXT donut out". Well, you didn't wait till
the next donut, and that is an accomplishemt at well!
Good luck!
Elana

Thanks. This philosophy was kind of a revelation for me, in that moment.
I realized that yes, that one half a donut would not matter so much in the
long run. But everyone who fails at a diet and gains the weight back had
to start _somewhere_. I could see myself a few months down the road, back
at 200+ pounds, looking back at that half donut as the beginning of my
downfall. I could also see myself thin and fit, looking back at throwing
away the donut, and seeing that as the beginning of a string of choices
that ends up getting me where I want to be. Every decision is either a step
backward or a step forward. I'm going to apply the same logic to quitting
smoking. If I smoke even one cigarette, it could be the beginning of going
back to 3 packs a day.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Luna said:

A journey of a 1000 miles begins with one step . . .
And every donut not eaten is one step closer to goal.

In article <[email hidden]>,

JC Der Koenig said:

Very minor.

Yawn.....zzzzzzz.