I had a booboo yesterday...getting up, brushing it off

mkendrick · 10-17-2011, 08:39 AM

One thing I've always had trouble with is the tripping and stumbling and instead of picking myself up and getting on with it, I throw myself back down and wallow in it. If I have ONE off plan bite, that leads to another until I have a full out binge and just feel like poo about myself. This usually goes on for the rest of the day or the rest of the weekend or whatever else. Yesterday, I booboo-ed and it went on for the rest of the night. I binged on grapes, of all silly things. But that same mentality of feeling out of control carried over into eating M&M's

At least it stopped there.

Time to get back on my pony. I was doing SO WELL last week. And quite honestly, I don't think yesterday disqualified me from the "doing well" description. Yes, overeating grapes and M&M's was an oops, but instead of falling into the "well, screw it" trap that's easy for me, I'm back here, I have a plan for today, I'm pretending like yesterday didn't happen and just eating well today. That, to me, is still doing well.

Mistakes WILL happen, but they don't need to ruin me.

bargoo · 10-17-2011, 08:54 AM

Those things happen. I binged on marshmallows the other day and I don't even like marshmallows. At least grapes have some nutrition in them.

Lovely · 10-17-2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by mkendrick

Mistakes WILL happen, but they don't need to ruin me.

Excellent job brushing yourself off!

finn · 10-17-2011, 06:14 PM

Well done for picking yourself up again. You're my inspiration today :-)

170starting · 10-18-2011, 07:59 AM

mkendrick, you are truly an inspiration. I always look forward to your posts and I am glad you are back on the wagon. Your story has had one of the biggest impacts on me throughout my journey. I am so glad youre back.

mkendrick · 10-18-2011, 08:36 AM

Thanks everyone

I had a much better day yesterday. The other night was just a silly blip.

And 170starting, that means a lot to me

I don't think my story (or at least my actions) have always been all that inspiration, but I've been able to keep a fairly strong (albeit desperate, at times) hold on my goal of reaching and maintaining my maintenance range. But there have been several trip ups along the way, hehe.