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Overcoming Obstacles/Setbacks

I am going to vent and tell on myself. Yesterday about noon, I noticed a can of chili-ready tomatoes in tomato juice. I used to always make a very fatty, high calorie dip using those & had been known to eat the whole thing. (In it was the tomatoes, some grated parm cheese, some sour cream and a whole block of cream cheese.) I was remembering we *might* still have cream cheese because I don't remember it having been used. I geared myself up and told myself that, 'No, do NOT make that dip. It isn't worth it.' It took me a few minutes to obey myself. I made it all the way until about 6:30 this morning when I couldn't figure out what to have for a very early breakfast so I don't miss my morning meds...again! I couldn't think of anything to fit my Meal Plan because I was thinking of that dip. I gave in. :( I gave in and I am so upset with myself, along with being disgusted and embarrassed! I CANNOT BELIEVE I FIXED IT AND THEN ATE THE WHOLE THING along with an entire tube of Ritz crackers because we don't allow chips in our home, but I sure found something, didn't I???!!! (I had forgotten we still had a can of those tomatoes that was bought long before we started this.) Just cannot have those ingredients for any reason all at once. Anyway, I was so upset with myself and embarrassed for this setback that I thought about hiding the evidence and not logging what I had for breakfast, but NOOOOO that isn't how to overcome obstacles like this & I have to be honest and take responsibility for my choices, good or bad. Accountability. Do you know how bad I did NOT want to log that dip?! Do I give up and just allow the rest of the day to be messy like this? THAT IS A BIG NO!!! Like I tell others, we aren't a failure. I had a setback, NOT a failure. So now, I WILL pick myself up, dust myself off, see that I accepted responsibility for my actions & continue with my Meal Plan for the rest of the day. I wouldn't just stop shopping if I dropped and broke a bottle of something, so I'm not going to allow the whole day to be ruined due to making a bad choice for my first meal of the day. Now, will you share with me a time when you had a setback? Or maybe you are dealing with it now and are having trouble getting past that obstacle? Thank you for reading. :)
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