Today, though, I just want to share something. Something that I noticed this week. Something that the more I think about it the more I am really proud of myself. Somewhere along the way of this healthy food journey, I have changed. I can't pinpoint when it happened but this week it became evident that it did.
This week I have not been the best at following my food plan. First of all, I didn't plan out my meals for the week like I usually do, and to make it worse, I was really, really busy and hardly at home. Needless to say, my eating suffered. Normally, I would spiral out of control and use it as an excuse to binge as much as possible. That is when I noticed that this time I did not do that. Did I still make some poor food choices? Yes. Am I beating myself up over it and continuing to punish myself by binge eating as much as humanly possible? No. After each poor food choice that I made, I made a conscious effort to make better ones at the very next meal. That is growth.
Even though I was busy and not prepared on the food end, I still made working out a priority. I continued to wake up early and workout every morning. That felt pretty amazing.
So I noticed that I am more forgiving of myself. I don't have the all or nothing mentality that has sabotaged me my entire life. I have finally realized that this is a journey and it is going to have bumps and bruises along the way. I just needed to change my reactions to those bumps and bruises. Somewhere along the way I have done that, and I couldn't be prouder.
That mindset switch away from all or nothing is the key to success! I love that you're able to pick the positives out of a tough week!
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