Little Victories

Thanks to committing to report on my tea making status, I did indeed make the time to make a big batch of tea and it helped a ton.  Hooray me.

So, I firmly believe that food, especially sugar, is a great way celebrate life.  The problem arises when we start celebrating everything.  Ta da, I finished my sandwich.  I had better celebrate with a cookie now.

Well yesterday my son's soccer team had a party complete with ice-cream sundaes.  I adore ice-cream sundaes.  And after the Relief Society broadcast there was bunt cake and ice-cream.  And now, my family is making cookies because it's Sunday, and what better way to celebrate the Sabbath or connect with neighbors than through  my very delicious pudding cookie recipe (seriously, it's fabulous.)  And I haven't had one bit!  So far, my commitment to health is trumping all of that yumminess.  Huh.  Apparently I am capable of that.

Plus, I love fall treats and I want to save my indulgences for what I really want.  I really want to make apple turnovers this month.  I really want to attend a fine chocolate tasting class at an upscale deli in the area.  And I really want to go on a date to a little British fish and chips shop where they fry absolutely everything.  That means I need to make choices.  I can't have my health and my sundaes and bundts and turnovers and cookies too.  Some indulgences make me oh, so happy.  Too many just make me feel sick and weak.

This is hard.  But I don't want to be soft anymore.
On to amazingness.