The killer of progress. My arch nemesis. And that little voice in the back of my head that says, damn fatty you just ruined your whole day over cookie.
The dreaded All or nothing mentality.
If you've ever had to lose weight then you've probably come up against this very issue.
You are having a great day, maybe even a great week.. Slaying the workouts. Killing the caloric deficits. Just doing all the things you know you should be. You are feeling amazing, like you're on top of the world. Then in the middle of all that progress you get busy or caught up and have to eat a fast food dinner. Or your partner wants to take you out on a date. Maybe it's the holidays and now you have to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner. Whatever the case may be you are now faced with a plateful of food that is not in your caloric wheelhouse right now.
What do you do??
Hopefully you eat your one bad meal and it changes nothing. You understand that things pop up in life and everyday won't be perfect eating and workouts. You were able to enjoy your meal and then go back to killing it with your weight loss.
But if you're anything like me that one meal made you feel like a failure. You somehow forget all about the good meals and the hard workouts you have been focusing on. You put all your attention on that one meal in the middle of your week and you decide that you already missed your exit so you might as well keep on driving.
I know, I know, it sounds absolutely ridiculous. Who has ever missed an exit and just kept driving till the end of the highway. No one. It makes no sense.. it doesn't even make sense to myself. Yet it's what I do time and time again. And apparently I'm not alone.
It's time to bust out of that All or nothing mentality. This weight loss journey is not about deprivation. It is not about never. It's about not as much. If you are looking for a stability you won't get there by saying you'll never have another cookie again. That's not realistic and it's time to live in the real world.
So let's slow things down and just focus on one meal at a time. If you step over your caloric line you can always back up. Do not think of yourself as a failure. You are human. That cookie tasted amazing and you deserved it. Now go get back on your grind boo. We got heads to turn.
Monday 3/15/2021 down 8lbs 🏃🏻♀️
Hope you all had an amazing week. I'll see you Monday and until then may the scale be ever in your favor.
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