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Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett
I think getting back on track and forgiving yourself are more difficult than adhering to your eating plan in the first place. It's so easy to just throw up your hands and say the heck with it when you've strayed a bit. And beating yourself up over it only makes you feel worse and the cycle begins...
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This is so true...especially when (for many of us) the eating issues are emotional or stress-related. We beat ourselves up, and it just makes matters worse.
After my 2- 1/2 day slip, it did me good to regroup, get a little perspective, and just start again as I was before. When I weighed in this morning, I could see that...really...the damage was 1 pound, and a few lost days. In the course of a lifetime, that doesn't make a speck of difference.
Whether the slip is 1 treat or 1 day or 1 week or 1 month...it's important to put it in perspective, be as understanding of ourselves as we would be for someone we love, and just start fresh without recriminations.
What we're doing by working at eating healthier is a good thing. We're taking care of ourselves. And just because we aren't perfect at it yet doesn't negate the good things we're doing.
I say....here's to us!
