I'm Still Here!

I haven't posted in a while, but I'm still here!  I made it through Halloween,  my birthday, my son's birthday, my mom's birthday, and my anniversary, with minimal damage. :-)  I ended up having some desserts on the birthdays and anniversary (and some of the days in between them), and Halloween candy a whole week AFTER Halloween (it was still in the house b/c of my kids).
  Over the past 3 1/2 weeks I've gone up and down the same 2.5 pounds.  This week I'm doing awesome and on a mission to lose weight.  Once again my goal is to skip dessert tomorrow, Thanksgiving.   I realize I said I wasn't going to have any dessert/candy on my last post but I ended up having some.  I was disappointed in myself, but I never thought of myself as a failure and I got back up again and moved forward.  So here I am logging in and once again stating that I'm going to lay off the sweets, which always lead me in an overall eating downward spiral.  Tomorrow my plan is to have half my plate be veggies, 1/4 be turkey with a bit of gravy and cranberry sauce, and 1/4 STUFFING.  Mmmmmmm, Stuuuuuuufing.  For dessert I'm going to have a sweet drink i.e., some type of hot coffee drink.  I'm saying no to desserts.  There will be another Thanksgiving next year and hopefully I won't be in the position of wanting to lose 40 pounds, so I'll be able to have pie.  This year however, losing weight is more important than the pie.....and cookies.....and pie......and cookies....and whipped cream....and pie.....(you get the picture).  Good luck to everyone!