Yikes, Where does the time go? Just a short note again this evening as it is very late and I must work tomorrow.....(Hey! That sounds like an EXCUSE!!) Okay....time to fess up...I took Rosie, Tess and Taya to Oak Harbor with me to get Rosie some pants for all of this cold weather we have been having. My idea was to take the girls, get what I needed and get home relatively quickly.....The girls, on the other hand, wanted to make one last stop to the dollar store. I chose to sit in the car and knit while the girls ran in to do their shopping. How long could they be? By the time the girls were finished, it was nearing 7:00pm and I found myself getting quite cranky. Why? I was hungry. We decided to stop and get something to "hold us over". My first mistake was waiting too long to eat. My second was ordering when I was irritable. I ordered a chili, large fries and a medium COKE. The chili was a decent choice; however, the fries were habit and the coke I believe was ordered out of pure frustration (on a positive note, I typically ordered the largest possible size of Coke so that I could nurse on it through out the day!) The humorous thing is that after drinking the coke, I found that it wasn't all that I had glorified it to be. Is my mind changing, or my taste buds or both?
Hugs and Kisses to all and to all a good night!
Ronetta
4 comments:
How fun to read this. Rosie actually reported this to me -- as a positive about the "medium" coke.
Where are you, Ronetta? Come out of that cave! I see you in there!
Hi Ronetta,
I have been on the long road of "quitting time", it's a difficult time. I want to share what happened with me, you may feel the same way.
When you first "decide" to make a lifestyle change, you tell yourself the hard part is over. You've realized there's a problem, admitted it to yourself and others, and have decided to change. It turns out this is the easy part. Living with the cravings and not caving to them can be all consuming. You are constantly thinking about it, talking yourself out of it, or thinking how you could have some (justifications pop into your head with little thought). You see the product everywhere, see other people use it who are healthy and happy and tell yourself you could be one of those people but knowing deep inside you HAVE to give it up. After a much longer time than you ever imagined passes, you realize that you haven't thought of it that day, you haven't had to wrestle the demon craving. When that time comes you will be able to say when offered a coke, "No thanks, I don't drink coke." On that day you will feel free. I must warn you, once you have conquered an evil, you start looking for others.
Good luck on your journey, I'm pulling for you, and always remember it is hard but you my dear, are WORTH IT!
Love, Annette
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