The lesson this week is to learn from our mistakes. I, for one, have a hard time dealing with my mistakes. Especially with this weight loss process. I tend to be all-or-nothing. I tend to have a lot of negative talk in my head.
I know, in my head, that just because I mess up one day doesn't mean I have to throw away the rest of the week. In fact, it is best if you mess up in one situation to make better, healthier choices with the very next meal. I'm not "there" yet. I often let one bad situation throw off my whole week. Instead of just losing ground on one day, I lose any progress that I could have made for a whole week and need to start with a clean slate the next week.
Wasted time. Why do I do this? At least, at this point, this is something I can acknowledge and am working to improve.
Lately I do feel like a big failure. I started out this journey several years ago. I shed 55 pounds, and then I managed to gain 30 of them back again. My goal is actually at the 70 pounds lost mark. I was pretty close to it. How did I lose so much ground? I was frustrated with that last 15 lbs. not coming off. I was frustrated with my job. I was frustrated for my husband's lack of a job. And I was dealing with some physical problems that prevented me from working out -- but shouldn't have prevented me from eating right. My head wasn't in it, nor was my heart, so I back-slid big time.
But the point of the discussion this week is to learn from our mistakes, not to beat ourselves up for our mistakes. If you fall off the bicycle, get right back up on it and try again. I got that lesson from my little 3-yr-old niece. Cry if you have to, then climb back on the bicycle. So that is what I'm doing. I haven't quit yet. I'm still trying.
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