Okay - it's the new me! Posts in 5 minutes or less! Maybe 10 minutes.... well, as long as it doesn't take and hour and a half or more! Just read this quote, which I am finding very inspiring -

"The chief cause of unhappiness is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment." Zig Ziglar

I've been struggling with this very thing all morning. I want to move toward my goal, but I really want just one last cinnamon bun with cream cheese icing - that sort of thing. Not wanting to give up the sweets just yet.

It made me think - what about heroin users? Do they want to give up the pleasure of another high? Of course not. They give it up because they know the goal of being free from their addiction is better than the momentary pleasure of shooting up. Of course I don't want to give up the pleasure of eating - okay, realistically, 2 cinnamon buns with cream cheese icing - but I have to learn to give up that pleasure in order to achieve the life I want to live. I know it is debatable how much a person must give up in order to lose weight, but you do have to learn to give up some things some of the time. And some things - most of the time.