05/07/2011 16:11
Be Kind
Sometimes we tend to focus so much on what we have done wrong, that we forget to give ourselves credit for the things we do right. Rather than congratulate ourselves for the week of following our eating plan, and getting a fair amount of exercise, we beat ourselves up for the one meal of the week where we didn't make the optimal choices to enhance our goals.
The truth is, one meal is not going to undo a week of good choices.
What is going to undo that week is throwing our hands in the air and concluding that, based on that one meal, we can't do this and we might as well go ahead and eat that way for the next day or so. It tends to justify the beating-up we have given ourselves. If we're going to lay down that big fat guilt trip, we might as well ensure that we make it worthwhile, right?
The truth is, if we de-brief and look objectively at why our behavior deviated, we can find ways to avoid a repeat performance.