Yesterday was my first really difficult day. And I am afraid I failed on principle. As I mentioned in yesterdays post, I was really hungry all day. I ended up eating over 1800 calories. In reality that's not a failure at all. At my size my recommended calorie intake for steady weight loss is over 4000 calories. So technically I did not hurt my weight loss at all. However. I have a self imposed goal of 1600 calories. I went over that goal willingly because I was hungry.
This is the slippery slope that I think catches many people who are trying to change their lifestyles. One slip and you feel like all is lost and revert right into old habits. I am choosing not to revert I am choosing to view this as a process. I have to admit to myself that their may be some days when I need a little more food.
I will be thinking about this for the next few days as I try to figure out a concrete plan for dealing with this. I need to have a way of figuring this kind of incident into my plan so it does not feel like a failure and cause me to question my commitment.
Have you had minor setbacks that have or almost have pushed you over the edge? Tell me about them.
Sean
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