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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Devil on One Shoulder, Angel on the Other!
I have to share a couple of things with my weight loss friends...make that FAMILY. We are all in this together for support, so I view all of you as my family because families support each other!Anyhoo...last night I had a REAL struggle not over indulging in some trail mix that I simply love. I ate enough to get in my last 3 points for the day, but I wanted SO BAD to eat the entire bag. I tried to "reason" with myself that all the ingredients are healthy, so it wasn't like I was eating cake or something, right? Wrong! Calories are calories are calories. Sure, there are healthy ways to eat calories and non-healthy ways, but in the end if you overeat ANYthing you can gain weight. Sure...you'd have to eat a few tons of lettuce to gain weight from eating it, but it CAN HAPPEN. So...I struggled & struggled, trying to convince myself it would be ok to finish off the bag AND trying to convince myself that it was NOT ok to finish off the bag. Reminded me of the angel on one shoulder & the devil on the other, you know? lol I finally listened to my "angel" and went on to bed for the night. And you know what? I didn't wake up this morning still craving the trail mix. I have won a small battle! Now on to win the war!!And then, ironically enough in my WW food log for today is a saying from Confucius, "Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall." How appropriate for each of us! We all "fall" in our journey to a healthier lifestyle, but we need to stand up, dust ourselves off, and keep right on going. Don't look back and have regrets...no...LEARN from your mistakes, don't fret over them. After all, our mistakes are a part of what makes us who we are.Love you all!!
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Erin's Confucius quote is very meaningful to me at this point in my weight loss journey..."Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall."
ReplyDeleteI've battled my weight my entire life and over the years I have failed previous attempts at a healthy lifestyle because I was trying to change my eating habits for someone else, not for myself. Finally, in January 2008 I chose to take care myself for me, not to please another person. It wasn't a diet, it was a healthier lifestyle I was embracing.
The pounds began dropping off and I could tell the difference in the way I felt on the inside. Subconsiously, I changed who I was "working" for and when that relationship ended, I reverted back to my old habits. I mourned the loss of someone I cared about and literally fed my depression just as I have done throughout my life.
At first, my weight maintained at a consistant level but it only took a few weeks for me to see the results of my poor choices. Additionally, I could feel the difference on the inside--I wasn't feeling as well as I had been.
Yes, I had a "fall" but I'm gettting back on my feet, dusting myself off, and getting back on the path to a healthier me. My melonchally still lingers but I'm not going to let it defeat me. I'm thrilled that early on I recognized that I'd reverted back to my pattern of "self-destruction" and am making a positive correction. Perhaps that is proof that I'm learning from past mistakes. It's not to say I won't trip over the pebbles on my path in the future but if I keep my eyes open, I'll be able to step around them with greater agility and confidence.