le-ah.'s Journal, 22 Apr 23

Don't beat yourself up. We've all had these sorts of days. Sometimes with our changes to our WOE (way of eating) our emotional mind has not caught up or decides a different course. And yes, tomorrow is a fresh, clean slate for you to to challenge yourself. You've got this Leah!! 

Yeah, what Heather says, for sure! Don’t worry so much about the numbers until you get the head game working for you! I fight the head game most every night. Cravings that always gone the next morning. None of us are perfect. I made all of my tomorrows the first day until I could do this two days at a time, and on… I can always restart my day, even if it is just for the practice :) And at the end of every day, always give yourself a great big hug for getting yourself this far. Like Heather says: You’ve got this :) It is a life journey. Enjoy it :) DV 

Thanks Heather and Drewsy for your kind words and encouragement! Today I feel more grounded and focused for sure. It was the mindless eating I found myself doing yesterday, which is an old familiar habit of mine, that was most concerning. One blip in the bigger picture :) thanks again. 

Your story echoes in the halls of FS. You are not alone :) I was thinking about you while I was writing about something completely different this afternoon, and it completely changed what I had started writing… I realize something I changed about myself that made all the difference for me. When I realized that I had a bad habit, instead of beating myself up (like I used to and sometimes still have to catch myself), I look at it in a more honest light. First, I accept myself the way I am, faults and all. No judgment. I am my own best friend in that way, in other words, I am there for myself when I need me :) That’s not always easy to do, but it is habit we can form and it changes us inside. It gives us that chance we need to stay in the fight. So, now I know that I have this bad habit of eating too many kit kat chunkys, but I don’t do anything about right away. Instead, I say “okay you bugger”, we going to get to know each other, and that’s what I do until I learn so much about it, and get so fed up with all the grief that knowledge is causing me, that I say “out damned spot”, and I commit to making a change. That seems to leave a deeper mark on my determination than just saying “I’ll change” and never do. You will always know when you are ready to make that commitment. I am not perfect. I slip when I think I shouldn’t, but then I just say, “back to the plan” and I do the “best” I can. That “best” is different in all of us, and we need to learn to accept that we can’t measure ourselves by standards that are unrealistic. Once you come to understand your own measure of “best”, your journey will have begun… I hope that makes sense and is of some help… this is kind of from all of us at FS… :) DV 

Good words of encouragement and holding up a fellow member 💝 The secret weapon that worked for me was to sit down with my coffee 1st thing in the morning and enter in all that I intended to eat that day, it’s easier to erase and replace before it goes into your mouth. 

I appreciate you’re insights Drewsy and Sallymax. What a great community on here 🥰 

Start tomorrow fresh. One day won’t make or break anything. You’re good! 😎 

That's okay we all do it. I usually pick one day of the week that I call my cheat day and it's usually on the weekend. Today was my cheat day and I went past my calorie count recommended with delicious turkey dinner and dessert. Tomorrow I will continue what I'm doing and walk longer in the morning as you can start a fresh start tomorrow and just think that today was cheat day. We can't deprive ourselves. If I get a sweet craving that I can't get off my mind I will take a bite of chocolate bar or count 10 pieces or less of Sour patch kids candy and I find that helps my sweet tooth cravings instead of eating the whole chocolate bar or 3 of them or the whole bag of sour patch kids. You also eat a small portion of frozen yogurt. I usually get Chapman's Dutch chocolate or the cappuccino. 

I do the same as sallymax1 and sit in the mornings and input my meals for the day and if I go over then I take something off and substitute it for lower on calories.  

It’s okay to acknowledge that you had a bad day, but take it one day at a time and don’t be hard in yourself. Tomorrow is a new day, you got this! 

Thanks to you both! I bounced back from Saturday! I used to let a slip lead to a full blown binge eating fest for days (and more destructive behaviour). This is success that I generally get back on track quickly, with more compassion towards myself. Thanks again everyone ☺️