I blew it!

I think I will post this for everyone - I love this poem. We are all human and we all do this.

There’s A Hole In My Sidewalk

Chapter One

I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost… I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

Chapter Two

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in the same place.
But it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

Chapter Three

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in… it’s a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault… I get out immediately.

Chapter Four

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

Chapter Five

I walk down another street.

This prompted me to ask for advise before i do this. Going to visit my granddaughters soon. We tend to eat out a lot. I have a bad knee and use a stationary bike for exercise... Concerned about temtations eating out and not being able to exercise... Words of wisdom for me?

I have experienced your "granddaughter visit" issues.

Re the exercise. Keep moving somehow, even if it's pretend bicyling lying on the floor or the bed. Maybe bring a list of floor exercises you can do. If these are older granddaughters, maybe they will do them with you. If it's nice out and you are in an area where you can rent or borrow a bike, maybe you can take a bike ride before going out to dinner.

Re food. Enjoy. Practice portion control. Maybe split an entree or ask for a takeaway box at the beginning of the meal and put a significant portion of the entree in the box. With each meal out, practice what I call the rule of one extra. The one extra can be the side bread or a sugar/alcohol drink or an appetizer or dessert or a more fattening entree. One but not all of those choices. I'd watch the breakfasts carefully, maybe choose a standard type of breakfast that you will order every time, such as oatmeal and a fruit cup. Limit fast foods.

Yes, I did that for a year and a half and gained back 100lbs. I wish I had only let it last for two days. But today is a new day. One day at a time.

What he said...Best time to make the uturn back in the right direction is right now. It can be a very slippery slope to let each day go in the wrong direction.

Find some time to exercise today and when it comes to eating refocus. In the bigger picture it will just be a little blip on the radar.

Get over it. Move on. Every day is a new day.

It happens. The KEY is to get right back on program. The longer you wait the harder it will be to get the gain off. ONWARD AND DOWNWARD.

Forgive yourself, get over it and start again! Don't use one weekend as an excuse.

If you were on vacation, driving to your destination, and you hit a closed road, what would you do? You'd take the detour, maybe check a map or GPS to recalculate your route, and continue on your way.

No different here. You hit a road block and you'll take a detour. Check your plan and see if there's anything you need to tweak to avoid it happening again. (Maybe include a little more calories or a few more indulgences so you don't feel the need to fall off the wagon.)

You'll still get to your destination, as long as you don't say, "Screw this. I'm turning around and going home."

Great way to put this!

Each Sunday after completing the weekly shop, I enjoy a good wholesome Full English Breakfast, likewise when I go off for a short break, I enjoy myself and balance my life around it, quit worrying, life's too short enjoy yourself, but also enjoy the journey your dieting and excersize is taking you.

I know Iam.

:drinker:

Here is what gets me back on track.... I just remember that it takes 3500 calories over maintenance level to gain 1 pound. So, if in those 2 days you consumed 7000 calories over your maintenance, the worst that could happen is you gain 2 lbs (anything above that is just water weight). So, you realize it you are off track, drink lots of water, lose those 2 lbs just as quickly as they came on, and then lose 5 more. Life is good and those 2 days are just a memory.

Get back on that horse and keep going! Log into MFP, log your food and just continue on like nothing happened.

If this is a life-style, then there needs to be room in that life for splurges, celebrations, holidays. Two unplanned days of splurge is not a deal-breaker. Plan for free-days and plan for holidays and celebrations. Pan for visits to family and friends if that changes what you do. Don't be rigid, be realistic; love yourself. You'll recover and do well.