Little Triumphs

Today the scale said:
178.5

Hooray! A loss! Even despite the cake and brownies I snuck this week. (Yes, I still have a lot of work to do on my diet.)

BUT! I was really proud of myself last night. I had made pan of brownies and, as always, thought, "I'll just have one, and then give the rest to my neighbors!" But it had been two days and between Jared and I, a whole row was gone. Jared had a busy day and left me home alone last night… with a woe-is-me attitude and a pan full of brownies.

Normally, I would wallow in my misery by eating one… or two… or four. But yesterday I pulled out the little plastic bags, emptied the pan into them, and dropped them off at our neighbors. I was really tempted to keep the last four when #5 didn’t answer. But I didn’t! I pulled out a post-it note and left them on the doorstep.

Sure that seems like a stupid little step to have made, but to me, it's a giant leap.