When you slip up...

liquidjem

For those of you who may be like me...I got this from my gym today, it helped me realize I'm not a terrible person or doomed just because I like ice cream or a slice of cake now and then.


Healthy Lifestyle Tip: Guilt Free
The next time a double-fudge brownie indulgence has you racked with guilt remember this: Guilt just guarantees that your brownie will go straight to your belly. How? By causing you to ditch healthy eating completely. A recent study revealed that feeling bad for backsliding may cause people to abandon weight loss efforts all together. So tell that self-imposed guilt trip to hit the road. Just forgive yourself and move on.

In the study, researchers examined differing food attitudes and their impact on body composition. The people in the study who were "guilt-ridden dieters" had a higher body mass index (BMI) than the ones who tended not to be racked by guilt over occasional slips. This led researchers to suspect that guilt-ridden people adopt an "all-or-nothing" attitude with dieting. One misstep can lead to complete abandonment of healthy-eating plans.

Bottom line: Our food attitudes can have a pretty complicated impact on our weight and health. The study group that fared best? People who tended to be focused on nutrition. So, the take-home message here: Keep your eye on high-nutrition and high-fiber meals, but be more tolerant of yourself. If you give in to an occasional junk food craving, don't beat yourself up too much.

Qarol

I am very prone to guilt over a whole mess of things. That's why cheat days are so important to me. They may not work for everyone, but the main reason I build in cheat days is knowing that eating that badly was not because I caved in a moment of weakness. It was planned. It was on the calendar. I spent time looking forward to it. It really helps my guilt. Then the next day, I get back at it.