I re-read the guide that I was using, and realised that I havent been sticking to what it says at all. Which is sort of encouraging because it means that there is a reason why i have been unsucessful, but disappointing because it means i have wasted so much time.
So having fallen off the band wagon, I was feeling really low. Then I found this on the 3fatchicks.com forums:
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Think about things that people only do with dieting and a few other "bad" habits, like gambling and drug use. Only when we're being "naughty" do we have an all or nothing mentality. If we trip on a step, we don't throw ourselves down a stair case. If we accidentally take an extra dose of medication or vitamins - we don't swallow the whole bottle. If we snap irrationally at our spouse, we don't decide we might as well murder him in his sleep.
I thought that was so true, it really cheered me up and now i feel ready to keep going. And i've made new plans and set new, more reasonable, more specific goals
So what do you guys do to keep going? What mental games do you play with yourself to keep positive in those down times?
