#willpower

So is the end of the day end of the week: I'm at work, it's late, I'm tired, but I can't go home until I complete a document.  Aand my computer's on a go slow.

One of my colleagues put 3 Malteasers on my desk.  Three gorgeous, little chocolatey light Malteasers that I could just pop in my mouth and have an instant satisfaction. A little sugar rush from Malteasers that I absolutely love.  I'm not supposed to eat treats during the week. The only possibility is if there is a special occasion.  This is one of the goals that I set myself to help me achieve my target weight.  

I didn't have them.

 This was a big deal for me.   It would have been really easy to convince myself that they were only three little Malteasers hardly any calories would taste delicious.  They would make me feel really happy and would give me an instant to help me get through that last half an hour of work, deliver that document so I can finish and go home. It was raining outside I had quite a trip to the car but no, I still managed not to. 

This is the flooded car park I knew I had a 12 min walk in the rain to reach :(

I realised that I could easily talk myself into eating those 3 Malteasers, but that would just be the start of a slippery slope.  What else would I convince myself that it will be ok to have? A little chocolate here, a little nibble there, and that has been the problem. I've been doing that for such a long time that "it's ok to just have" has turned into several treats a day.  I know that I have to break these habits to achieve my goals.  I've got to be this strict. I've got to not let the little excuses, the little slips here and there change my mindset.  Although I absolutely love Malteasers, I'm really ,really proud of myself that I didn't eat them.  I know that I would have been really annoyed at myself for giving up my goals for the sake of three little chocolates weren't even for a special occasion.

#willpower 

What have you done to show willpower this week?