I started losing weight in earnest back in ‘97 just before my sweet cousin’s wedding.
I was at the heaviest I’d ever been and, no, I wasn’t all lush and gorgeous like Christina Hendricks or Oprah.
Back then I attended weekly Weight Watcher’s meeting on the regular, and I’ll never forget one leader’s masterpiece of a metaphor.
Here’s the picture she painted:
Let’s say you need groceries.
You slide into your sexy red Corvette and drive to Whole Paycheck. Along the way you breeze through three green lights, park where nobody can scratch your baby, and head into the store.
All good, right?
But then the Weight Watcher leader said, “Wait! What if – as you’re driving to your favorite grocery store — you soar right through two green lights, but then come to a stop at a red?”
Do you roll your eyes thinking, knew it. Other people can go to the grocery store, I guess I don’t have what it takes. And then do you turn around and drive home?
Of course not.
That would be silly.
But — her point was — we do exactly that when we eat something that swerves from our smart eating plan; we eat the cake or Snickers or whatever and think, everything’s ruined and we commence to overeat for the next six months. Until many months later when we try again and end up in the same loop.
Year-in and year-out.
Manage Your Expectations
Here’s the thing: as you lose weight expect road bumps, slow trucks, and red stop lights.
Stop signs happen. We call them “slips.” Prepare for slips by creating a rock-solid back- up plan. (More on the back-up plan here.)
I’d love to hear about how you come to a red-light, and “slip.” How do you get back on your smart eating plan?
♥, Wendy
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