blueyedmerle's Journal, 05 Feb 07

If you go back on Phase 1 for a week those pounds & cravings will disappear once again. You know life happens & it's really hard to sit there & drink a wine spritzer & gnaw on celery while everyone else gets to eat & drink all the "good Stuff"!!  

Rather than punishing yourself for not being perfect,Congratulate yourself on your progress. Something is better than nothing.  

Thanks Ladies, I sure do need the wonderful support you are giving me. I feel better already. 

Well, we all can't be perfect. Maybe next time plan ahead and have good food around. My family had a tradition of serving chili on super bowl sunday, and if you make it right, that's perfectly ok on SB. And hey, this one little gain is just a tiny little blip on your weight loss radar! 

Hi there, Sent you an email to say because I wanted to say thanks for commenting on my page, even though I hadn't been on for a while. I think we're alike... we try, we fail, we try again, we beat ourselves up just because we're not adhering to something perfectly. I can only say what others say to me and I know it's true (and you do too), even though we don't believe it when we're feeling down: do not beat yourself up. You are not your willpower. You are not your weight. You are you, and YES, we know we will FEEL better and hopefully look better with a few pounds shed, but you are still you and we all will punish ourselves for some conceived notion of being 'imperfect'. Hang in there - you are here aren't you, sharing with other people? That's good enough to start. I will try to hang in there too. Tell me, how difficult is the South Beach.. is it easy or hard? Lina