I just now dumped them into a big bowl. I got almond joy, milky way, nestle crunch, and baby ruth. I decided I would allow myself to eat one. Just one. That is the agreement I made with myself.

I chose Almond Joy. I ate it, but ya know, it really wasn't all that great tasting. Then I went to add it to my calories for the day. It cost me 80 calories. Not really worth it. I think I'd rather have had a cup of hot cocoa or some mandarin oranges.

Anyway, good luck to all in resisting. Keep plugging away at the journey. It does get easier with each passing year. I'm on year five.

The trick is to accept that the journey never ends. It will always be a struggle. I always want to eat more than I need to.

I remember when I first started my weight loss journey back in 2002. I was using the slimfast plan: slimfast for breakfast and lunch, a couple small healthy snacks like fruit or string cheese, and a normal dinner, paying attnetion to serving sizes. The lid to the slimfast can said to try out their website. I signed up there and they had a weigh in tool, that also sent an emial reminder to weigh in every week. That really worked for me. I'd get that email, and remember I had to weigh in. Some weeks I was really bad and knew I gained weight. So,, I'd skip that weigh in and then be extra super dooper good the following week so my weigh in would be less.

The accountability of that weekly weigh-in really helped me stay on course. Spark people didn't exist back then. You can get that with this site! So....remember to weigh in, okay!?