For those of you who know me personally, these are famous words of mine. Of course, “back on” means I have veered off my diet for any length of time, then when I get serious again, I tell everyone “I’m back on!” My sister even made me a t-shirt that had those same exact words a few years ago at Christmas. This journey on my weight loss, there is no on and off. I’m strictly on. Some days may be better than others, but I’m just going to keep going and not even think about it. Yesterday was a day that was not so good. It poured raining all day yesterday and the principals at my firm decided to buy pizza for the whole office. Now, I brought my own lunch, but pizza sounded so good! I caved and had 3 slices. Last night I had to help out at my son’s back to school picnic which of course meant hot dogs and hamburgers and chips and cookies and donuts, etc… I had a hot dog, some chips, a few cookies, and a donut! Not a stellar weight loss day. Later in the evening I was helping my youngest, Claire, a first grader find 3 things to bring for show and tell that would fit in a lunch bag. She wanted a baby picture of herself, so as I was digging in a few boxes in my closet, I found about 4 food journals that had been completely filled out from a few years ago. Nothing really has changed since then. I wrote down measurements, counted all my points, wrote down what I exercised. Somewhere between all the notes, I read something that I probably got from a Weight Watchers meeting that said “Don’t let a lapse cause a collapse.” I thought this was very fortuitous that I found this when I had such a poor eating day. I said to myself, “that’s right!” so I had a little lapse in judgement. It doesn’t mean that I have to throw in the towel, or say to myself, well its Thursday, I may as well just eat whatever I want for the rest of the week and weekend and I’ll be “back on” on Monday. Nope, that’s not what I decided to do. I decided to just start fresh today and make the best choices possible, and that’s what I am going to do!
*welcome back*
for ME that was the key.
the AH HA! moment of the motion that some days would be far better than others but, regardless, I wasnt really even ON (for me) this was just it.
my life.
my lifeSTYLE.
you can do this!