Persistence, not perfection!

Do you find yourself getting frustrated and ready to give up when “dieting” isn’t going perfect? That was certainly me over and over when trying to lose weight and get healthy. I felt that if I blew it one day that was it I just ruined everything so I let it mess with my mind and I would give up. Learning now, but is persistence not perfection that I need to focus on. I’m never gonna be perfect every day and there’s gonna be days where I might have something that doesn’t fall in line with that healthy diet and that’s OK. I’ve also found that when I try to limit myself only healthy foods I feel like I am depriving myself and I’m missing out. I’m also figuring out that it’s OK to have the things that I want to eat if I’m having them in moderation again persistence not perfection. So let’s say I want a piece of dessert after dinner rather than eating a huge piece of cake I can just have a small piece and have a couple bites. Also learning that just because the food is on my plate doesn’t mean that I have to finish it. That helps not to continue to use a bigger plate like we usually do and to use maybe the smaller dessert plate. Did you know that over the years? Are dinner plates have actually gotten bigger and bigger? I did not know that but once in a while, I run across some fun facts that make me go. Wow, that’s crazy. Maybe we got back to using the smaller plates for us as the bigger ones we wouldn’t be so inclined to eat as much because then finishing what’s on our plate wouldn’t be such a big deal because it wouldn’t be twice the food as what would go on a small plate. Tell me some of the things that you guys have learned that it helped you along the way.