Passover week was quite a trial for me, weight-wise. There were quite a few of you who joined me in the matza, potato kugel and brisket (and brownie) eating delights that can encompass a traditional Passover.
"Uh, wow," I realized. "I am still a food addict! It is hard to stop eating and get back on track!" Did I think I was "cured?" Did I think I'd never overeat again? (Well, yes. I did.)
I remember hearing a leader tell about his experience with Thanksgiving as he was on his weight-loss journey. Once he "went off the wagon," it took him a long time to get back on track. It can literally take days or weeks to get yourself mentally and physically back on the straight and narrow.
NOW I have a different view of "FALLING OFF THE WAGON."
Why is it hard to "GET BACK ON THE WAGON?"
Because you are dusty, confused and bruised! And the older you are, the more you are still achy or hurting! You might have even broken something!
When we fall off the wagon, it may be quite a climb back on. I never saw anyone but a kid roll off a vehicle and bounce right back on. We folks who have quite a bit of "eating history" may find difficulties in picking ourselves up, dusting ourselves off, straightening up our thinking and then continuing to follow the path we were on. (And "driving" just as well as we did before our "fall.")
There are solutions to holiday eating that we teach in our meetings; I'm not going into them here. Luckily there are also solutions on what to do when you do "fall down" and I'll be utilizing those going forward. I may not BOUNCE back on to the wagon the minute after I fall off, but Weight Watchers gives me the tools and inspiration to make the complex climb back to success.
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Remember: Whenever you "blow it," you can start again immediately! Just cross out those 49 Weekly Points Allowance PPVs and start tracking your Daily PointsPlus Target.
Just because you break one egg, doesn't mean you have to break the whole carton! (Some of you were in the meeting when I broke an egg on the floor- and challenged you after I broke the second egg ...should I keep breaking the eggs? "No!" you said.
When you "break" your diet, once or twice, is this a reason to keep "breaking" it?
TRACKING: Tracking is surely the best remedy for getting back on track. Just writing things down give you a feeling of control- which is exactly "what the leader ordered."
Yes, all this was printed in my Sunday newsletter.
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