I think it’s a given that at some point there will be problems. Little niggles that happen, like a takeaway meal finding its way to your front door or a bottle of beer or 3 finding their way to your mouth.
But the issue is not the small blips themselves but, rather, how you manage them.
A great analogy I heard once was during one of my Slimming World meetings. You basically compare each meal for the week to a flower in a bouquet. So, 21 meals a week makes a bunch of 21 flowers. And if one flower dies, it doesn’t mean you ditch the entire bouquet, you just remove the dead flower. And this was the same, we were told, for meals. Just because you overeat for 1 meal, it doesn’t mean you have to blow the entire week. Let bygones be bygones and get straight back on plan.
Of course, this can be easier said than done but the trick is to not beat yourself up. We are, after all, just human.
My own personal analogy is that life is a river and us humans are the rafts floating on it. Sometimes the surface is gentle and the cruise calm. However, as the river meanders the waters can become rough and we can be forced into rapids. But the direction of the water remains the same and so the river will, at some point, carry us to the sea.
The point I'm trying to make is that it's all too easy to get worked up when you feel you should be at a certain point by a certain time, be it a weight-loss goal, a savings goal or any other timed achievement. But as many say, life is about the journey. So simply embrace the detour, take in the scenery and maybe take a couple of photos, but know that, when you are ready, you will be able to focus on your destination once more.
Just to finish up, I felt it apt to include a quote from the late Kevin Conroy:
“No one’s journey is easy. It’s how they handle it that makes people unique”
Until the next post, Big Love xx