The will, motivation, commitment or whatever you want to call it do ebb and flow, and follow cycles in this journey.
I've been maintaining for now, around 20 months. The last few weeks, I've found myself burned out.
Tired of counting, veggies, fruit, lean protein, and tracking and working out and the whole dang thing.
So, at noon on Saturday, when I got off of work, I tossed the whole thing! I gave myself the weekend and Monday and Tuesday off.
Keeping that in mind. Wednesday morning! I'm back on the wagon!
What I've learned is. Most of the time, (just for me), I need to be on track, track my food, workout on a regular basis and stick to the right things.
But now and then, it is ok, to take a couple days off.
Mind you, yesterday, I ate a lot of junk I should not have, but my sisters and I worked our behinds off cleaning out my mothers garage and flower beds. The junk food was tasty, but I did keep portions in mind. I did peel the skin off of the chicken at lunch. I only ate one piece of pizza for supper. Mind you I did enjoy it! And we had 3 beers when we were done!
So.
I think, that if most of the time we are mindful of portions, food choices, workouts, etc., it's ok, to have a few things, not on your normal list, skip a workout.
But be mindful, that, we cannot do this every day.