Oops, I did it again! Did you too?
Last week was Thanksgiving–or have you forgotten already? Did you “miss the target” as it were? Did you have the best intentions to eat only until you were satisfied and not until you were stuffed? Were you planning to take dainty sips of low calorie beverages and ended up chugging egg nog straight from the carton? I don’t know about you, but I got caught up in the warm feelings and even warmer pecan tarts that my mom makes and ended up eating and drinking much more than I needed or even wanted. Before my vacation I had visions of daily, energizing, refreshing 4 mile walks. In ten days of being away from home, I managed to get my heart rate up on a mere 5 occasions.
Are you berating yourself that you’re a failure, that you’ll never lose weight and you’re doomed to keep making bad choices? Have you decided that it just doesn’t matter what you do until New Year’s? Turn off that critical, all-or-nothing voice in your head and get back on track.
I’m not going to tell you to use the last week as a learning experience. And I’m sure as heck not going to tell you to “make up” for the overindulgence of the past week either. What I am going to do is tell you to get back on that horse. If you’re trying to establish good life long habits, you need to start (restart) doing what you were doing before Thanksgiving. Don’t double your exercise this week and don’t go on some crazy fad diet to make yourself “pay” for last week’s “sins.” There will be bumps, there will be dips, but find the place that is your “normal” and get back to it.
May you be happy and healthy,
Regan
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