Getting back on the wagon!

You know what makes winners in this whole healthy weight loss thing we've got going? It's not about never eating crap food again, it's about picking yourself up, dusting yourself down and realising that a couple of doughnuts or a bag of pick n mix isn't a reason to sack it all off and go back to eating crap full time.

There's a girl in our office who started eating a balanced calorie controlled diet (although through Slimming World which I'm not much of an advocate of to be honest) and lost half a stone (7lb). She was doing really well and you could tell how happy she was with her progress. One day she crumbled and had a day of eating a load of rubbish. One day turned into a weekend, which turned into the following week which in turn made her too ashamed to go back to slimming world for weigh in. A month or so later and she's put the half stone back on plus another half stone on top.

I had a day of rubbish on Saturday. Sunday wasn't too tough either but better than Saturday. But today is Monday and a new day brings a new chance to put it all right.

The morale to this tale kids is to take each day afresh. If you absolutely have to eat a pile of doughnuts, don't beat yourself up about it and don't let it demoralise you to the point that you think "might as well forget it now because it's ruined" - it's not ruined. Every second of every day you have the option to choose the right foods and win!

Keep at it all you lovely MFP peeps! I know we've got it in us.