Trip Ups Are Normal

“I totally blew it this weekend,” my client confessed. She felt really bad for eating off plan – pasta, garlic bread, cookies. She’d been doing fantastic for weeks with her food, exercise, and weight loss. This was a huge disappointment to her. Emotionally, she was angry at herself. Physically, she felt miserable and ill from all the fatty, heavy food.

I encouraged her, “This will happen sometimes. Just get right back up and keep going.”

If only we could always be perfect. But this is not the case. There are times when we trip up and make bad food choices, overeat, skip exercise, etc. Then we look back over the day and feel disappointed, sad, and angry with our behavior. This is normal.

What we can NOT do is let a slip up keep us down. The faster we get back on track, the easier and the better.

Here are simple steps to get back on track:

1. Remove all temptation foods from your environment.
2. Plan out your food and exercise for each day.
3. Write everything you eat in a daily food journal.
4. Add some extra cardio workouts into your week.
5. Keep perspective – a pound is worth 3500 calories.
6. Get rid of negative thinking (believe in yourself).

If you truly follow all these steps, you will have a pretty sure guarantee for success.