Friday, March 30, 2012

The "look"

When I went for my tune-up in the fall, after stepping off the program for a few weeks, I felt like a little kid who did something she wasn't supposed to do. In my group session, several of us were in the same boat. We had gone astray. Every time, our hypnotist gave us the "look." You know the one, moms are fantastic at giving the "look." Many teachers have mastered the "look." It's that facial expression that says, I'm disappointed in you, you know better, don't make me have to tell you YET again ... don't do it.

I swallowed my pride, accepted my slap on the hand, and vowed to not make the same mistakes again. And I was almost successful. I had one 20-minute moment of weakness in mid-December. Holiday gifts from families at my school got the better of me and I indulged. But, I immediately threw away all the other temptations and got myself back on track, without a tune-up. I stuck with the program and made it through the holidays and into the spring.

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