NSV: My bad days NOW are like GOOD days back then!

dianaskin
Posts: 66
I didn't exercise yesterday and I KNEW that if I did I would have been UNDER my calories!
Then I thought a little more about it...I had about 1700 calories yesterday and was over about 250 calories for my daily net goal. I was just about to beat myself up over it...when I realized that when I wasn't being accountable for the food I put in my mouth, I'm sure I could have horked down a good 3000 (if not 4000) calories in one day! AND that would have been 3000 calories worth of unhealthy food with no nutritional value.
So in reality I have made some very positive changes. My bad days NOW are what I would have thought were GOOD days back when I wasn't focused on a healthier lifestyle. And that's a GREAT non scale victory!
Hope you know that when you have a "bad" day - think about the good things that you have been doing and remember that you are human and that this is a journey...not a race. Let it go and then move on to a better day tomorrow!
(And just to throw something in...GO PACK GO!!!)
Then I thought a little more about it...I had about 1700 calories yesterday and was over about 250 calories for my daily net goal. I was just about to beat myself up over it...when I realized that when I wasn't being accountable for the food I put in my mouth, I'm sure I could have horked down a good 3000 (if not 4000) calories in one day! AND that would have been 3000 calories worth of unhealthy food with no nutritional value.
So in reality I have made some very positive changes. My bad days NOW are what I would have thought were GOOD days back when I wasn't focused on a healthier lifestyle. And that's a GREAT non scale victory!

Hope you know that when you have a "bad" day - think about the good things that you have been doing and remember that you are human and that this is a journey...not a race. Let it go and then move on to a better day tomorrow!
(And just to throw something in...GO PACK GO!!!)
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I had never thought of it that way!! And what a great realisation to make! :bigsmile:0
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These are the kind of revelations that keep me going, even on days where I think I've done badly. In the big picture, things are much healthier today than they were several months ago! Thanks for the reminder!!!0
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That is awesome! Good for you!! Just imagine you're putting nearly 75% less crap in your body every day even on your "bad" days! It is tough not to feel guilty about a small challenge or fail and let it ruin your whole days worth of focused eating and exercising. In the 'old days' I used to do that and just right off the entire day, but that would only make things worse!0
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