Lately, it seems like there's always something going on. Always some excuse as to why I can go off my diet "just for this one day." Whether it's a BBQ coming up, or a Birthday party, I find a reason to give myself a free pass to indulge, just this once. There are days when I'm not feeling well, or when I have a million things to do, so I tell myself I can take advantage of the convenience of fast-food... "just this once".
Today, we got the inside of our house painted.
This is the craziness that was my house today:
I felt that I had a legitimate excuse to go off my diet "just for this one day", since I couldn't really use my kitchen. Half way through my burger and milk shake, commonsense hit me straight over the head...
Life happens. There's rarely ever going to be a perfect day for your healthy habits and routines. I'm always going to have busy days, sick days, parties to attend, vacations, visitors, and houses being painted. But I can't use these as an excuse to go off my diet "just for today". I have to learn to adapt. How to stay focused and to adjust to the curve balls life throws at you. I have to be aware of when I'm using an excuse as a crutch. Otherwise, I'm never going to get to where I'm going.
And that is what I learned today, while eating a cheeseburger.
Today, we got the inside of our house painted.
This is the craziness that was my house today:
I felt that I had a legitimate excuse to go off my diet "just for this one day", since I couldn't really use my kitchen. Half way through my burger and milk shake, commonsense hit me straight over the head...Life happens. There's rarely ever going to be a perfect day for your healthy habits and routines. I'm always going to have busy days, sick days, parties to attend, vacations, visitors, and houses being painted. But I can't use these as an excuse to go off my diet "just for today". I have to learn to adapt. How to stay focused and to adjust to the curve balls life throws at you. I have to be aware of when I'm using an excuse as a crutch. Otherwise, I'm never going to get to where I'm going.
And that is what I learned today, while eating a cheeseburger.
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Most of the time, there are healthier alternative than a cheeseburger... although a cheeseburger a month most likely won't kill you, if the other choices are reasonable.
Enjoy your life, with everything along the way - even the chaos and the surprises... and the occasional cheeseburger... ^^
How did the peach jam go? Wondering how it tasted with only 2 cups sugar. I was lazy this year and just made strawberry freezer jam with my son.
Ooh, I remember having a similar financial "life happens" realization when I got my first real job out of law school. It was like I had this theoretical plan of how much money I should be able to save each month or put toward loans/mortg/whatever, but after about 8 months, suddenly I realized that almost every month seemed to have a non-recurring expense, which actually meant these were recurring expenses and needed to go in the budget! Like I'd need 4 new tires one month, the next month would have a vacation, the month after that would be Xmas shopping, the next month was when 6 mos of auto insurance were due, the next month was a new mattress, the next month was airline tickets, etc. For the longest time, I kept thinking those months were abnormal -- and then I realized normal months have one freakish non-recurring expense almost every single month!
Hey, at least you thought of it. And now, next time, you can put it into practice. Adapting is good!
Kelly- the peach jam came out great! Perfect amount of sweetness. And not just for me, but my husband too :)
I know what you mean about there never being a perfect time/day. Learning how to indulge in a manageable, reasonable way has definitely been the hardest part of my healthy living journey for that reason!
Yup...this is EXACTLY what I needed to hear. This is so true! There will ALWAYS be something that calls us to adapt.mut
This was a great cheeseburger lesson. I had a similar situation happen with my daughter recently. Life with kids throws an awful lot of curve balls. Which, PS: I hope you get to experience soon...the kids...not the curve balls. ;)
Anyway, I found myself using her as an excuse to pick up something quickly on our way to this place or that. One day it hit me... that fast food is just as bad for her as it is for me. Now I keep healthy snacks in the car at all times.
Good luck on your journey!
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