I was invited to a party at my daughter's house last night and I will tell you, it did take a lot of effort not to step back into my old patterns of behavior. There were several ladies there who were all laughing, talking and having a great time. Since the party was right at our dinner time, most of us were hungry. My daughter had a wonderful spread of comfort foods and beautifully displayed seasonal favorites. It was very tempting to just load my plate with everything on display. I did, thankfully resist the urge to splurge, and only ate what I should. Now, normally I am so engrossed in eating that I don't even notice what others have. But, since I ate lightly, I DID notice what everyone was doing I saw a couple of ladies fill their plates three times. I am not condemning them - just recognizing myself in them. That is what I normally did. I feel that I am slowly becoming stronger in situations that normally defeat me. I am still working on it, but I do think I am moving in the right direction.
Your willpower is much like our muscles. The more often you use it, the stronger it becomes. I am working on developing new patterns. The only way to do that is to break the old ones. Come on, you CAN DO IT!
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