For many years I believed in the All or Nothing Mindset. I was either on a diet, restricting myself from everything “I loved”,, or in a period of abandoning of all kinds of restrictions, and letting myself binge like there is no tomorrow – packets of biscuits, chocolate bars, nuts, cakes, pastries, you name it. Basically, everything I considered unhealthy everything that I avoided like the plaque while dieting.
For years,I didn’t know what normal eating is. I was obsessed by food – either thinking of ways to avoid it, or of ways to eat more.
Maybe that’s the reason why, today I let myself binge once again. I just didn’t want this healthy eating plan/ weight loss challenge to turn into another period of restrictions.
So I had biscuits – not 2-3 biscuits, but the whole packet.
Now I feel sick.
But do I regret it?
Strangely – No.
The old Me would be feeling guilty, ashamed, disappointed… But the Me today takes this as a lesson. To be honest I didn’t even enjoy stuffing myself with biscuits, not even a bit. Nonetheless, I let myself experience this fully.
There is nothing special in these chemical laden biscuits, and today I learnt that. Or maybe I didn’t. I guess I will find out sooner rather than later.
Anyway, the point I’m trying to make today is, that healthy mindful weight loss is not linear. Every day is not perfect. We sometimes slip, and when we do, instead of beating ourselves up and feeling disappointed and ashamed, the way to success is simply to get up, brush ourselves up and continue climbing up.