I thought this would be a thread about our personal victories, even if others wouldn't see them as so.

I received a coupon for Grubhub. I just could. not. resist.

I built so many carts. McDonald's (mmm... McNuggets), Hot dogs (local made, gourmet!), Taqueria (sopes el pastor, yum!), Vietnamese egg rolls (crunchy deliciousness!)

I settled on my true love ... Thai food. Green papaya salad, pananag curry, nam tok (ground pork with peanuts and spices). You know what I didn't get, rice or noodles (Pad See Ew, I miss you!). I even just ate the meat and veg out of the curry, left the calorie laden sauce behind.

So even though ordering in food may not have been as wise as making my own food. I'm proud of myself for making good choices, when there were so many poor ones I could have made.

Every time I make a healthy eating choice over what I would have eaten before I count as a victory! Now that I'm over a year out it is getting harder to do, my appetite has returned and so have my cravings for stuff that I should stay away from.

A recent personal victory for me: When on vacation we were watching a shepherd demonstrate his working dogs herding sheep. He caught a sheep to shear and wanted a volunteer to come help. I never would have done it before because people were videotaping and I would not have wanted my fat body on camera! When no one else stepped forward, I did, and went up to shear a sheep with him, and then fed the lambs with a giant bottle. I was glad I got to experience it!

I thought this would be a thread about our personal victories, even if others wouldn't see them as so.
I received a coupon for Grubhub. I just could. not. resist.
I built so many carts. McDonald's (mmm... McNuggets), Hot dogs (local made, gourmet!), Taqueria (sopes el pastor, yum!), Vietnamese egg rolls (crunchy deliciousness!)
I settled on my true love ... Thai food. Green papaya salad, pananag curry, nam tok (ground pork with peanuts and spices). You know what I didn't get, rice or noodles (Pad See Ew, I miss you!). I even just ate the meat and veg out of the curry, left the calorie laden sauce behind.
So even though ordering in food may not have been as wise as making my own food. I'm proud of myself for making good choices, when there were so many poor ones I could have made.

We are proud of you too

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1 hour ago, ChaosUnlimited said:

Every time I make a healthy eating choice over what I would have eaten before I count as a victory! Now that I'm over a year out it is getting harder to do, my appetite has returned and so have my cravings for stuff that I should stay away from.

A recent personal victory for me: When on vacation we were watching a shepherd demonstrate his working dogs herding sheep. He caught a sheep to shear and wanted a volunteer to come help. I never would have done it before because people were videotaping and I would not have wanted my fat body on camera! When no one else stepped forward, I did, and went up to shear a sheep with him, and then fed the lambs with a giant bottle. I was glad I got to experience it!

You look great!

Same here! Having pictures of myself I can be proud of is one of the reasons I'm looking forward to vacation next month!

And I think there is much benefit to these uncoventional victories. And look at these varied world diets you can sample. Notice I didn't say engorge, I didn't say eat to the point you vomit, not to the point you regain all the weight you fought so hard to lose. You take one or two tiny spoonfuls and you are satisfied. Any that is a wonderfully beautiful victory occurance!???