Okay, it's really not that bad, or that's what I keep telling myself. I spent last evening with some family that I had not seen in a few years, and it was so much fun! We had a great time and the kids had a blast. My Mom and my aunt spent the whole day making food for everyone to enjoy, and I must say they did a wonderful job! We had mexican, but it was actually pretty healthy. I brought my own brown rice tortillas and filled it with a tasty mixture of chicken, peppers, onions, lettuce and salsa. (By the way, if you are going somewhere and you're not sure what the menu entails, DO NOT be afraid to bring some of your own food!) I didn't have any alcoholic beverages and drank plenty of water. So far so good!
Let's get back to the sledge hammer. My Mom always makes apple dumplings (using my Grandma Wilson's recipe) this time of year and they can just about put you into dessert heaven. With all of my food allergies (gluten, dairy, egg, soy, etc.) that I just found out about over the summer, apples dumplings were not something I thought I would enjoy again anytime soon. But my Mom, being the super-fantastic person that she is, found a way to make the dough with gluten-free flour! So my son and I got to enjoy the fall delicacy along with everyone else! But right after I got done savoring the apple-cinnamon sweetness, I got out my personal sledge hammer and did a pretty good number on myself. But why do I do this? I know that I haven't had a splurge like that in about 4 weeks so it's honestly not a big deal...but that's not what my head tells the rest of my body. My head says encouraging things like "You dumb ass, what were you thinking" and "Moron, you just ruined everything you've been doing for the past month and a half." Let me make this clear, I know that I'm not a dumb ass or a moron, but I still have old habits around food and beating myself up is one of them.
So hear is what I've done different...I chose not to go back down the same path of splurge, and then keep on splurging. When I used to eat something bad I would think to myself "Well you did it once and ruined everything, so why not just keep going?" This time instead of following in my old footsteps, I decided to tell myself that I enjoyed a treat for one evening and today I'm going to go back to my healthy habits that I'm forming. I got up this morning, had my daily fruit and protein smoothie, and taught a killer leg boot camp at 8:30am.
I chose to take that 100lb. sledge hammer and put it back on the shelf for now, without too many bruises to show for it. I can't say that I won't get it out again but I'm hoping that if I do decide to enjoy a sweet treat that I will look at the sledge hammer, give it the middle finger, and get right back on the healthy habit wagon.
Are you going to put away your sledge hammer and Choose Your Health Today?
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