Perfection
One of the hardest lessons for me to learn on my journey was that my diet will never be perfect.
I wanted to have perfect days leading to perfect weeks leading to a perfect year. I set out to lose all 121 pounds in a year. I figured if I lost ten pounds a month, I could do it. I would just have to work a little harder on one month for that one extra pound!
And I did make two perfect months.
Two. And no more! Not months anyway. I made lots of perfect days and even perfect weeks. But beyond those first two months, no more perfect months.
But that’s OK, because look at me. I’m here. I made it. It took twice as long as I thought it would, but that’s OK too.
I was so intent on making it to that two month mark. So focused. So driven.
Then? Those two months came and went. I thought I had it made in the shade at this point. I thought that because I made it through those first two months that I would make it from then on. That cheating wasn’t an option.
And I did go on a few weeks after that. Until the first Christmas party of the season!
YIKES! It wasn’t quite what you would call a feeding frenzy, but it was pretty darn close.
You see, that was before I learned the tricks and tools needed to make it through things like parties.
But key to my success was learning to forgive myself and hop right back on plan. The very next meal.
Or go right back to the gym when I realized I had slacked.
But do you notice how often I use the phrase key to my success?
I have a lot of keys on my ring y’all!
I remember the things that work for me, and I keep them there. That way when I get stuck at the door, I have a lot of keys to use!
Did you mess up yesterday? Grab a key and open the door.
Don’t have your keys in place yet? Go find them! Find what works for you and save it on your ring with the other things you have learned that work for you!
And….good morning StrongerGeek!!! Welcome to my regular morning crew of readers!! Have a great day!
October 8, 2008 at 4:50 am
This time of year is the roughest for me. Sucks turning down all the yummy pumpkin goodness and so help me at Christmas parties if someone’s got a good batch of Wassail and almond bark goin! For me, its getting past that initial impulse to see it as depravity and wait a couple minutes longer to realize its just a smart decision. My most frequently used key is the one that locks the door behind me once i get through so I don’t go back and feel even worse for backsliding!
October 8, 2008 at 5:29 am
I really want to know how you always get inside my head…how it always seems that you are writing about exactly what I am feeling or going through at the moment. I just started figuring out the keys to the success of my journey..I started this journey in May and I have achieved 13 inches off my hips and waist and 35 pounds…never to return. But given the fact that I started at 286 I know that I have a lot of keys yet to uncover and some that just may break from frequent use by the time this part of my journey has ended.
So Thank You for the daily inspriation for me and all the others out there like me.
Have a great day!!
October 8, 2008 at 6:32 am
Hey, thanks… It’s good to be here!
October 8, 2008 at 7:07 am
I like reading your blogs so much! You need to publish them in a book about your life so I can take them with me wherever I go!