How to get back on track

We've all done it.
You're on a roll. You haven't cheated in weeks! You've been getting your workouts in. You're already judging all those people at lunch drinking soda or eating those cheesy burgers. You have made it. You're one of the healthy people now.

And then you crash.
HARD.

Maybe it was poor timing. You just couldn't get up that early. So you sleep in and then when you're choosing lunch you realize you've lost a bit of your power you get from nailing your workout, and you choose the burger. It looks good, damn-it, and you deserve it. But then you miss it the next day. Your husband wants cupcakes after dinner and you want quality time with him so you can't possibly say no. So you eat it.

It can spiral easily. It's not like you woke up and decided "Screw this healthy eating good choices thing, I'm going back to my old ways!" You actually just made small choices without thinking about your goals first. It's possible your goals seemed tiny and insignificant compared to the major emotional problems that were blaring in your face in that moment. I get it, and I've been there.

That was my last week ^^^^^^^

It's not like I wasn't loving my program. I was in the rest week of Phase 2 of P90x3 and I was really happy. I just had some things come up that I should have handled differently. I was stressed out, tired, and overwhelmed. I chose cupcakes and apple crisp instead of my future body. I picked emotional binge eating to fix my problems.

This isn't about cheat meals. I am 100% for cheat meals and I don't think you can truly make this a lifestyle without them. My ovaries would quit life if I deprived them of the occasional Oreo or 2. The problem I had with accessing this past week is that it wasn't healthy. I was making bad choices because I didn't want to really deal with anything that was going on.

Sometimes it's easier. I get that. There will be times where you just can't eat one more piece of chicken and work sucks and you just need an Oreo (geez I can't get them off the brain today!). It's going to happen. Part of life is choosing to die to who you WERE and choosing to become who you really ARE.

So this week is new. It's Monday morning and I'm hitting the reset button on life. I've spent time with myself and reorganized my emotions. I've put my foot down and stopped the cycle here. It will not creep into this week; don't let it, friend. We can do this together. Today starts the journey to our better selves again. We just tripped and fell. I know it felt like a tsunami hit us and we'll never find the path again, but it's just not true. Step back and see that you just fell and it's not the end.

How do we reset? Simple:

1. Take a breath and step back. Analyze exactly where you decided against your goals. There was a deciding moment, find it and discover your emotions and the context of the situation. Part of this journey is learning the new you. You need to know how you USED to react to situations so you can learn how the new you will react to them in the future!

2. Plan a cheat meal. Girls night coming up? Dinner out with friends? Date night? Plan it. Having something to look forward to gives you resolve plus it makes it taste SO much better knowing you earned it all week.

3. Forget about it. That was last week. Move on. Today is new. This week is new. Today has no idea what you did yesterday, so don't give it another thought. Rock out your Monday like you've been fit your whole life.

I'm going to keep pushing forward. I started today with my Shakeology to reset my sugar cravings and I'm about to go tackle my meal plan for the week ahead.

What are you going to do to hit the reset button?



Join me in my journey of craziness and pushing towards a healthy lifestyle!!!!


xoxo,


Summer