I Am Only Human

I am only human. When I started my journey to weight lost, I wanted to maintain that one crucial aspect of my life. I didn’t want to live a life where I ate lettuce and water every day for every meal.  Today I was able to go to a family reunion, and of course there was mouthwatering food there. For a mere second I decided that I was going to let my guard down. I wanted to enjoy my family, the food, and the beautiful weather. I enjoyed some salad, and some sweet treats. How did this have me feeling on the drive home? GUILTY!!!

Then I thought to myself, why do I need to feel guilty. To live a life where I was not able to eat sweets, what kind of life would that be? If I am not doing it every day it will not hurt me. In the moment it can be hard to get over the fact that you just ate 1 brownie, 1 pumpkin bar, and a cookie. It can make you want to crawl in a hole, and just plain give up. 

I have to tell myself that it didn’t take a day to take it off, and it is not going to take a day to put all the weight back on. This does not mean that I can go hog wild all of the time, but it means that I can be a human. I can enjoy have great food and being with family.

The great thing about this journey is that tomorrow is always a new day. I may have taken a detour today, but am now on the straight and narrow. To give myself piece of mind I started tonight by enjoying the weather on a 2.5 mile walk.

Be human, eat cake, and know that tomorrow is a new day. One bad day won’t ruin your journey. It is a weight loss, weight management, and weight watching journey.  You can’t eat sweets every day, but you can let them on your journey once in a while.