It is on the chilly side, but looking outside my window, it is blue skies and sun!!!! No smog, no storm, no white flakes. Yesterday, I kept thinking about Spring. I can't wait for my lilacs to bloom, but that is several months away.

Life has been good and I am still motivated to lose this weight. I went to the gym yesterday. I didn't want to, but I made myself. I want to be sucessful this year in losing a significant amount. Of course, I'm no different than everyone else. . . thinking that by my birthday, I hope to be in the 180's. But in order for me to be in the 180's by August, I will need to go to the gym more than once or twice a week.

For Lent, I gave up sweets. One would think that being a diabetic or a person who is trying to lose weight, that I would have already given up sweets. But I am human. I enjoy sugar. I enjoy salt even more. Giving up the sweets has been hard. At night, I will crave a piece of chocolate or maybe some hard candy to suck on. I haven't had anything since February 6th. . . . almost 4 weeks. And I still crave chocolate.

Is it human behavior that when we choose to give something up, we then want it even more? I'm sure feeling that way.