Yesterday sucked. Like, legitimately, healthy living wise, it sucked. Seeing friends and working wasn’t the bad part is was the no-exercise-stuff my face part.
Instead of going for a run, this was my morning:
And yes, I do have two sets of keys, they were both locked in the car.
Note: I love that my boyfriend has AAA and did not kill me when I woke him up at 5:45 this morning to call them.
This is how my day ended:
If you think that is a delicious brownie filled with snickers and peanut butter covered/surrounded in ice cream and whipped cream- you are right.
So I got no run, and then I stuffed my face, I would call that a bad healthy living lifestyle day.
OH.WELL.
This is how I started today:
A wonderful run.
If there is anything I believe it is that every day is a new day. Sometimes we’re really going to mess up, sometimes we need to mess up to feel a little more human, it’s okay. One day doesn’t ruin every thing I’ve done, it means I had a bad morning, that made me miss my run, and that in the evening I really needed an awesome brownie. Did it fix the day? No, but, it was a really awesome brownie.
I go into each day thinking it’s a game. Some days I win, some days I lose, but every day starts over. In my old way of thinking I would be on a diet, eat something like the brownie, then feel guilty for days or weeks. That guilt would only lead to eating worse food. Completely counter productive.
The difference now is that I am not on a diet, I am having a lifestyle change. I’m not perfect, no one is, I’m going to make mistakes- I’m going to have really crappy days- oh well, each day is new. I won’t dwell, I won’t even think about it today, I already started my day on a good note, and it is going to continue to be positive.
I am 100% in control of my choices and of my attitude. Today, and the rest of the week, will be positive because I will make it positive. I am in control.
How do you control your attitude?
Do you think you have the ability to be happy even after a bad day?
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Oh no, I’m so sorry you locked your keys in the car! That and potential breakdowns/flat tires on the highway are why I keep my AAA membership. I’m glad you had a good run today to make up for it. I always feel so much better after I get out for a run. Exercise endorphins are amazing.
I feel like our journeys are very similar. I too am done with diets and trying to make healthy changes fro good. However, just like you I have days that doesn’t work out. Oh, well back on the wagon we both go.
BEAUTIFUL. Lifestyle change is right and you are kicking butt and taking names. I wish more dieters would read this.
Me too, it took so long for me to learn that diets are not practical or that they have no long term benefits. I sure wish someone had told me sooner, but I guess I just was supposed to figure it out on my own.
I love correcting people when they say the word “diet”….
it is a lifestyle change and that makes those moments that I have when I eat two bowls of ice cream seem less like a end all be all kind of thing. I love that you say everyday is a new day! Love that !
It’s always a PIA to lock keys in the car. Lucky you had access to AAA.
I’m glad you put your splurge day into perspective. It’s all about your overall lifestyle and diet (diet meaning the way you eat, not the way you don’t eat). One bad day, and I don’t even really like calling it a bad day because that gets into the whole right/wrong, good food/bad food thing, is not a big deal. As long as you enjoyed your brownie, it was totally worth it