Getting back on track after a week of bad diet decisions
I’ve been doing pretty well on my weight loss lately. Unfortunately, this week I started slacking. It began with one choice. I was driving home from my workout, and I passed by a fast food drive-thru. I thought to myself, “I could keep going and make myself a healthy lunch at home, but what the heck, I’m doing well, why not indulge a little.”
As all dieters can attest, we are faced with decisions like this several times a day, everyday. That chocolate-chip muffin looks good, but the fresh fruit over here is a lot healthier. A tuna sandwich would be a good choice, but that mac n’ cheese would be so creamy. That sushi restaurant looks enticing, but wait, is that a pizza joint across the street?
There are a hundred variations of this choice, but it basically boils down to a simple idea: “This would be healthy and tasty, but this other choice would satisfy an immediate craving.” And the problem is, once you give in, it makes justifying that decision easier and easier until a week has passed and you have gained SEVEN POUNDS.
Sorry, not you. Me. I gained seven pounds last week. 
In one week. Yes, it’s possible, and it is not healthy, or a good idea.
So I need to get back on the wagon, stat. Eating well is about changing bad habits. It’s not enough to know what’s healthy and what isn’t – you have to be able to change your behavior if you want to be successful.
And that behavior change comes one choice at a time. So today, starting right now, I’m going to make the better choice. I have to – it’s the only way I’m going to be successful.
And I’ll be successful, David Wong! It can be done!!
What bad habits do you need to break?
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Everything to do with weight is so hard for me. I eat really healthy 99% of the time, and then that 1% seems to be filled with junk. Stuff I would never feed my kids but feel is okay to feed myself. It is the most frustrating and challenging thing I do everyday. My #1 bad habit is eating after my boys go to bed. I feel that is the time to “treat myself” and relax. I need to do this some other way than eating!
I struggle with that every week. I always think about how when my son is older I want him to think of mcdonalds as that special place we go to when we visit the science center and not as even a possibility on a normal weekday. But then I find myself waking up late for church on sunday and hitting the drive thru for a mcgriddle instead of taking the 30 seconds to make oatmeal.
It is incredibly challenging. But it’s never too late to turn it around! I’ve been taking two steps forward and one step back the whole way, and as long as I make more good decisions than bad, then I know I’m getting healthier than I was. Part of the problem is when we beat ourselves up over our bad choices – then we start to feel hopeless, and give up. It’s important to be proud of the good choices we make, and not expect perfection out of ourselves.
Great response Rebecca. You are SO right about beating yourself up over it and the two steps forward, one step back idea. Focusing on positive thoughts this week!
Ugh. You are right. It’s lots of choices. Every day. So tough. Cheering you on!!!
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This past month, my drug of choice has been: oreo McFlurry :/
Oh man! I love those too!! It’s tough!!
SITS visit! Man, that is so me!!! I find it so discouraging to get a good loss, then a small slip up, and back it all comes, with a vengeance I might add. I love how you are sharing your journey. Hope you don’t mind if I share your button. You can find it at http://www.busymominthekitchen.com/p/new-blogs-we-love.html
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Its a new day and a new month and like you I am getting back on track. Its so easy to start sliding into bad habits……
It’s so true. But one good decision leads to another as well!!
I constantly find myself saying “oh, I’m doing so well; I’ll just enjoy this (fattening, greasy, salty or whatever);” on top of that, this week visiting my family has added 6 for me.
I have to stop rewarding myself so much! Good luck and I’ll be joining you back on that wagon!
Thanks!! I am the same way – it’s gotta be just one good decision at a time!
I can totally relate! After being on vacation for the past 2 weeks, its just that much harder to get back on track and making healthy choices again after not having many choices as I didnt always have a choice on where or what we were eatting. Now that I’m back home, it hasn’t been easy to get back in the gym and start making those healthy choices. Now that I am attempting to be back on track, its best to not even start looking at those drive throughs on the way home from the gym… just turn up the radio and keep driving!! You can do it! Good-luck to us al!
Absolutely!! We can do it!
Oohh…getting back on track IS SO HARD! I’m right there with you. I keep telling myself when the kids go back to school in a week, I’m all over better eating. Good luck to you. I know I’ll need it!
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I know exactly how you feel. It seems so hard to take it off but so easy to gain it back.
I have to go by how my clothes fit- bloat made me go up and down so much I gave up measuring! But the healthier I eat, the less bloat !
That’s true – and drinking water everyday helps with bloat too!
I agree, one simple bad choice will result in non-stop bad choices. I’ve noticed that when I start my day healthy I end it on a healthy note and don’t lose focus on what I am working to accomplish. If you fell out of the wagon one week then focus on this week and get back on track, it will not be easy but you will feel better and happier. Not to mention your health will get better and better.
Absolutely! It’s so important to get back up on that wagon!
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