Well, I skipped a week (or so) on my weight loss log, but not much happened that was different. I'll summarize: mostly I stuck to my eating plan but occasionally I indulged in a treat or two (at work, of course). When I did find myself with my wheels off the pavement, I had a little bit of a hard time getting them back on the road. It just goes to show you, those old habits die very hard.
One treat tends to lead to another, I've found, so each time I wandered towards the well trodden path I was reminded that I'm not out of the woods yet. (Boy, the journey metaphors are just piling up!) Maybe I never will be. But I do want to go on experimenting so that I can continue to learn where my boundaries are.
I still like to see what the thin people are doing (how the other half lives, you might say). I notice that they can take or leave a piece of cake or a doughnut, and are not persuaded by the pleas of food profferers to indulge. They just say, "No, thanks!" and move on. My goal is to have that attitude. It would match the one I have toward alcohol, where I slowly drink 3 bottles of beer over the course of a month. (One is still unopened from New Year's eve.) I can't imagine doing that with a bag of candy, so I'm still in thrall to treats, I guess.
But I feel self-righteous occasionally, too, when I'm able to keep on with my program despite the occasional minor setback. This blog helps a lot, more than I had ever imagined it would. It's the perfect sounding board. I can confess my difficulties without worrying about its reaction. And it never lectures me or scolds me. It doesn't praise me, either, which is fine. I know that what matters in the end is whether or not, when I reach my goal, I can stay there for the rest of my life.
I'll write more this weekend. See you then!
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