woohoo! I past up a temptation!

Just wanted to share a "yea me" moment! Last night I had to return movies, and the whole way over there I thought....hmm...a hot fudge sundae sounds sooooo good! The Sonic is right next door (next parking lot) to our movie place. I got back in my car and kept thinking...no, don't do it, it's not worth it! Then, yummy, it's sounds soooo good...it doesn't matter "just this once"(boy, that just once was many many pounds ago) I prayed and ask God to get me through this moment! I get ready to leave the parking lot and have to go left to go to Sonic or right to go home. Guess what? No traffic at all leading me home.......lots of traffic going left. Now granted here in my little ole town, it's not big traffic...but it's traffic! It was a God thing!

I felt sooooo much better about myself after heading home....that confidence and self pride felt soooo much better than that sundae would have tasted (and then felt on my hips)
Thanks for letting me share!!!! Have a great day!

WHOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TIF!!!

Praise the Lord!!! You did it!! By faith you did it!! Willpower is good only half the time, but God is good all the time!!! I am so proud of you!! Awesome job!! Doing the happy dance for you!!!!

Yea!!!

Love, Natasha

tifcox,
Good for you!! I know how hard it is to fight those temptations (especially at night) and am proud of you! I try not to keep junk food in the house for just that reason, but we always end up with some. My boyfriend's father is the sweetest man, but everytime we see him (sometimes a couple of times a week), he sends us home with chips, or caramel popcorn, or peanuts, etc "for the kids". With my boyfriend's nighttime snacking habit, it is bad news for me. At 9:30 last night, he pulled out the big three-way popcorn tin -- you know the kind!! The night before it was the bag of Lay's potato chips -- I am a sucker for salty snacks like these. But, even though he was crunching, I stuck to my guns. It was sooo hard, so I just went to bed! And, I really needed the extra sleep anyway. So...yea for me and yea for you. Let's keep it up. Every battle won is one step closer to winning the war :-)

Thanks for the encouragement and happy dance!! I think last night's temptation test was a big step for me. Today I had to go on errand at work, so some colleagues asked me if I would get them a burger and"coke" (lol...from other thread/post) at Sonic (small town, not many choices as I speak of Sonic often) One even offered to buy me something. That food smelled soooo good, but passing it up was "just that much" easier. (I did let my friend buy me a big ole Diet Coke!!!!) So, thanks again for the support!!!!

ladaigle-Congrats to you for bypassing late night snacks---especially salty ones!!! We can do this one day at a time!

Hi tifcox,

congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Put a feather in your hat, girl!!
don,t underestimate God.....!!

karen

When my daughter was in kindergarten, the teacher had two little flash cards. One was green and said "Good Choice" and the other was red and said "Bad Choice". When the children would squabble or misbehave she would ask them "Is this a good choice or a bad choice?" and hold up the cards for the child to think about their actions. I got a little sick of my dear daughter, hands on her little hips, saying to me when I got angry "Mommy is that a good choice or a bad choice!" Something like that tends to stick with you.

I now have two little postits on my sun visor in the car - good choice & bad choice. I look at them as I drive past McDonalds and smell the french fries cooking. Good Choice - keep driving, Bad Choice, turn in.

Congratulations tifox. The temptations will become easier to pass up after a few weeks into your program. You just loose those cravings. Same way the Lord helps us pass all the bad temptations in our lifes. If your able to walk away from the evil things you should be able to not pick up that snack.
It's hard but manageable.

God Bless and keep it up.

hey Girl!
I am so happy for you!!! I struggle wth those types of temptations everyday so I know how hard they can be. I am so envious of your good choice!
:) Deana
keep up the great choices!!!

Thanks to all...a big smile just comes across my face when I read your replies!!!
Cekurs=I Love the Good Choices/ Bad Choices!!!!! I am going to use that!! I am going to take that to work also!! (I also work with kindergarten and 1st grade that make a lot of bad choices!!!)

Thanks again!!

That's a really good way of thinking, cekurs.

Tifcox, maybe you could tell yourself you'll go home and give yourself a frozen banana/nonfat yogurt smoothie. It's almost like having a soft serve ice cream. I keep peeled frozen banana chunks in a plastic container in the freezer. (Wait til they're really ripe.) You can just put frozen banana in the blender, but I like it better with a little yogurt added, or blend in fruit juice if you want it drinkable.

elin, that sounds so yummy!!!Thanks! I think my whole family will like that! They go on banana kicks, then, won't .so... banana's get too ripe..that will be perfect!

Thanks for the banana recipe elin. I am trying that for my kids and myself of course. :)