I Must Confess!

I could say "well at least I didn't gain..." or "it was a holiday..." or "it would have been rude not to partake..." but really though these may all be true, it still does not justify the fact that I CHEATED! Yes it's true - I'm a cheater - well I was, I'm currently reformed.

You see over the Memorial holiday weekend, my family trucked off to Eastern Washington to see my fiancé’s best friend. Great guy, great cook. John is Mexican - we were showered with carne asada, Pico de Gallo, tamales, homemade tortillas, black eyed peas, and rice...YUM. Now I did make sure to have a hotel with a gym and we did work out for two hours on Sunday. I did not consume any alcohol and nearly reached my 140 ounces of water intake daily; however there were the road trip snacks of Starbursts! And though I worked out four more times when we arrived home, there was a mocha, a snickers AND a beef and cheddar. The slope was slippery and I kept sliding. I was starting to get into that mindset "oh I'll just work out extra hard." Really - it's nearly impossible to burn 800-1000 calories in a workout and all because I decided to eat something that only took minutes to consume - DUMB!

THEN..... there was the weigh in yesterday - now I knew I'd cheated, I felt guilty for it - for my own personal progress but also because I'd made a promise to my coach - I'd signed a contract and I'd failed. I stepped on the scale and it was a BIG FAT ZERO!!!

Tom Krause said “There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.”

SO here I go, I'm going to react in a non-verbal way, I'm back on the horse, I'm back in the saddle, I'm doing this thing and not cheating - this is by far too important for me to quit on myself for temporary pleasure.

Failure is a true sign of being human and I'm okay with it - it really is all about what you do with what you have at any given moment.

If you have found yourself "being human" too, just remember it's okay, remember your goals and your WHY. Remember that what you're doing isn't easy otherwise our world wouldn't be obese and remember that you CAN overcome temptation and get back to your laser focus.

Go do great things!