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Carol M Creasey.

                                  How hard it is to say No.

One of my biggest failings in life, is not saying No when I should. When someone offers me a piece of cake they have just made, or an apple pie. My mouth may be watering, but I promised myself when I looked in the mirror recently, that I really was going to cut all the sweet stuff out, and try to get slim. I really meant it too, and up until then I had been good and stuck to it.

Why do I not just firmly say ” No, I’m sure it’s very nice, but I  am trying to diet.” It’s because I am a coward, and I can’t bear to   see a hurt look on their face. But my stomach says Yippee, and after starting to introduce sugar and fat into it again, it has won, and I have lost, as I regress back into my old habits, all because I didn’t want to upset someone.

I should be ruthless, and only think of myself. I should not allow anyone to change my mind when I have set myself a goal, but if I was, then that would not be the person I am. I have many faults and failings, and I know only too well how silly I am, because if the boot was on the other foot, and I  was to offer something to someone that I had made, if they didn’t want it, then they would refuse it. Would I feel hurt, not really, if they were on a diet then I wouldn’t press them, but that is me, and I’m a sucker for trying to do right by other people.  I must learn to do right by myself.