Long Weekend Woes?

bradthemedic
bradthemedic Posts: 623 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Stop stressing. Remember that a bad few days in the grand scheme is NOTHING. Heck, add in another day of overeating if you feel like it. The reality is you may bounce up and down a few pounds in a couple of weeks, but if your end goal is to be a healthy weight for life and to live a healthy lifestyle - look at the 2 weeks on the timeline. It's a BLIP.

Stop stressing over a few mistakes or a few smiles over a coke or beer or hamburger. Life is too short to stress over your eating. You're here, you realize there's an issue and you're working on it - so stop beating yourself up over a couple hundred extra calories.

Learn to love your decisions, mistakes and all.

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  • Antonia2501
    Antonia2501 Posts: 121 Member
    I needed this today thank you tons :)
  • bradthemedic
    bradthemedic Posts: 623 Member
    I needed this today thank you tons :)
    Any time :]
  • lkcostello
    lkcostello Posts: 49 Member
    Stop stressing. Remember that a bad few days in the grand scheme is NOTHING. Heck, add in another day of overeating if you feel like it. The reality is you may bounce up and down a few pounds in a couple of weeks, but if your end goal is to be a healthy weight for life and to live a healthy lifestyle - look at the 2 weeks on the timeline. It's a BLIP.

    Stop stressing over a few mistakes or a few smiles over a coke or beer or hamburger. Life is too short to stress over your eating. You're here, you realize there's an issue and you're working on it - so stop beating yourself up over a couple hundred extra calories.

    Learn to love your decisions, mistakes and all.

    Excellent advice. My dad lost about 50 lbs on Atkins several years ago and keeps it off. But when family get-togethers come around--he eats what he wants and doesn't worry about it. I learned that from him. Make good choices most of the time and the blips won't matter. :happy:
  • bhollady
    bhollady Posts: 31 Member
    Thank you!
  • Alex729
    Alex729 Posts: 103 Member
    This was really perfect. I struggle with negative feelings when I eat even a bite off plan. I realize that this is an unhealthy way to think about food and eating and I'm working to undo years and years of this kind of thinking. THANK YOU for this thread :)
  • bradthemedic
    bradthemedic Posts: 623 Member
    This was really perfect. I struggle with negative feelings when I eat even a bite off plan. I realize that this is an unhealthy way to think about food and eating and I'm working to undo years and years of this kind of thinking. THANK YOU for this thread :)

    Just here to help (myself and others) :)
  • lesliecu
    lesliecu Posts: 2
    definitely needed to hear that today. i am the worst at beating myself up!

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