I go to a restaurant, share a dessert, and come home without raiding the fridge. If I don't have time to walk for an hour, then I walk for 15 minutes. I've found one of the keys to success is to recover quickly when you've slipped up. I quickly get back in the groove of moving and losing when I occasionally give in to a craving. If I failed to exercise yesterday, I get out and walk today instead of giving up the whole program.
Every moment is a fresh moment.
Of course, losing 30 pounds is not something I did on my own. None of our accomplishments are achieved without help. The Truth About Addiction and Recovery by Stanton Peele and Thin For Life by Anne M Fletcher are two books with stories of ordinary people who lost weight sensibly and kept it off. I also appreciate the new nutritional labels. Thanks to them, I can immediately judge both the fat and calorie content of any packaged foods I eat and make choices that support my purpose.