"The past day and a half have been terrible with meals. I know it's OK to have a cheat meal but how about a whole 24 hours of cheating? I guess I gave into my devil side and convinced myself that yes it is OK. Mostly because we were at the cabin and each family and friends brought dishes, desserts galore and of course I had a few adult beverages. After all I was invited to celebrate America's birthday today! It was a fun fourth but now I feel like all my hard week went down the drain.
My thought is this. Yes some hard work went down the drain. I'm not going to be hard on myself though. Those things and situations came up and I had a great time. Making memories with my family. We took an easy for a day to relax have fun in the sun. I wouldn't trade that for anything. I'm not going to let a cookie or some chips come between me and my goals come tomorrow. When I wake up I plan to continue with eating healthy and getting in my exercise and work hard for the rest of the week. I had a set back moment. Will this be the last time? Absolutely not. There will be many to come but what I think to be the most important is to check in with myself and remind me it's time to work again until next time. Life is short enjoy experiences as they come up. Always remember that I won't be able to enjoy those experiences if I don't take care of myself first! You get what you put into it and tomorrow I will put my time into getting me focused for achieving my goals for the week."
- SuperMom
So it happened, the inevitable falling off of the fruit wagon. I say inevitable because when healthy eating is treated as a "diet", that is exactly what will happen. Here's the loophole: turn healthy eating into a lifestyle, mentally. What I mean is that go about your day with the attitude that you have always and always will eat this way. Make it enjoyable. If someone hands you a piece of cake at the office, go "whoo hoo!" and eat that damn cake! If the rest of your day has been spent eating healthy, that piece of cake will not be the source of a 10 lb weight gain. If 80% of your day is healthy, than give yourself that 20% for your guilty pleasure. I myself had spent years and years filling my holidays with negative thoughts and reactions, clouding their memories, because I fell off the fruit wagon. When I read SuperMom's reaction to her lapse, I was so impressed with how she mentally handled it. She didn't feel remorse. That's the right thing to do. Why would she feel remorse for a wonderful memory? Life is way to short. SuperMom is on track to a truly healthy life, because she is taking care of herself mentally and physically. She truly is an amazing woman!
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