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Reflecting on Progress Over Guilting Lack of Perfection

It has been about a week and I have been back on My Fitness Pal now. Great timing, right? Just before a baby shower on Saturday, an impromptu pre-Memorial Day dinner party at a friend's place and then Memorial Day, complete with picnic!

Needless to say, I have been over my calorie budget each day since Friday.

I do not regret it, I am not punishing myself for my choices, I am not feeling gross or completely out of line in my numbers or my decisions. I have maintained (as a matter of fact, I stepped on the scale this morning and was down 1 pound) and I am still waking up with relatively high energy levels - likely because I have been getting more sleep with the evening routine hubby and I have agreed to.

How do I plan to move forward? I am working on adjusting our evening order of events, so that hubby and I are prioritizing our evening workout instead of skipping it once we sit down. I am taking a baby step in pre-tracking my food, without putting too much pressure on the evening routine, I am simply taking it one meal at a time. I tracked breakfast, then ate it, and so on, this is helping me to keep an eye on my macros so that my protein is front loaded and I am more satisfied throughout the day and not craving a binge in the evening.

I am proud to say that without the social pressure, I am able to have certain treats in my home now. There are currently 2 brownies, 2 slices of cake, ready-packed brownie mix, and croissants sitting in my kitchen that I am not in a hurry to eat. I am not sitting on my couch binge watching TV or binge eating my kitchen! These are victories, even being over budget, I never went above maintenance.

Enjoying time with my family.
Not consumed with food. 
A year ago, I would have had 2 cups of soda and an evening alcoholic beverage, filled a large plate with sweets at the baby shower and still had a slice of each kind of cake and eaten a second plate of food before realizing that I was full. I would have Filled my plate at lunch with the BBQ laden ribs and mac & cheese without even regarding the veggie mix with yogurt sauce. I would have had 4 street tacos and several cookies at the picnic...

It is an emotional thing to consider the progress that I have made!
Starting the work week well with my morning Yoga
Instead of hitting snooze and being depressed
thinking on all of my "failures" from the weekend.


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  1. DarylMay 31, 2017 at 6:26 AM

    I really like that you two are adjusting your evenings to include the workouts. You're doing a lot of things right!!

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