I confess, I had way too many carbs this weekend (plus a slice of chocolate pie). My diet is usually squeaky clean so I’m feeling the effects – sluggish, tired, yucky!
We all have a bad day or two. It could be we choose junky food because we’re stressed or traveling, or maybe because we’re celebrating and eating out. In any case, we fall off course from time to time.
The key is; this has to be an occasional occurrence. Not an everyday thing!
Then we have to bounce back right away. We must return immediately to our healthy eating behavior. Our “deviation” cannot last days and days. It needs to be terminated quickly.
That’s the difference between people who make their healthy lifestyle a lifelong lifestyle – not just a diet that doesn’t last. They learn to bounce back right away from lapses. A slip up is only a small deviation from the path, like swerving onto the shoulder of the road, but quickly making a correction in your steering.
It is NOT making a change in your route!
If you aren’t sticking to healthy eating and exercising 90 percent of your week, you need to tighten up your choices. A little slip up here or there will happen, but for the most part you need to be on target.
Then a slip up is just a little deviation. It’s a bump in the road. It’s over quickly.
To be a success at this, you have to learn to bounce back quickly. This means you regroup and go right back to the tools you know you need to use. Things like preplanning your food, journaling, scheduling exercise, etc.
Don’t linger in your lapse. Bounce back without delay!
