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<\/a>Yesterday was going well until I tried a new recipe at lunch time.\u00a0 It was a low calorie chocolate mousse made from coconut milk.\u00a0 It was REALLY good — and it caused a major stumble. In fact, I ate all four servings by myself. At one sitting.\u00a0 At that point it became NOT low glycemic and certainly not low calorie.<\/p>\nMy typical response on days like that is \u201cOh well, I\u2019ve blown it now.\u00a0 I might as well give up for today and start again tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0 But sometimes tomorrow turns into next week, and then into \u201cwhen things are not so stressful.\u201d\u00a0 That thinking is like tripping, falling, and deciding to spend the next month lying on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n
Yesterday I thought, \u201cOkay, I blew it, so I\u2019m going to compensate.\u201d\u00a0 I put on my walking shoes and went out for a brisk walk. At supper that night while the rest of my family enjoyed a cookout and then birthday cake and ice cream, I fed the grandbaby his bottle.\u00a0 I ate a small piece of grilled chicken and some raw vegetables.<\/p>\n
This morning my weight was up a tiny bit — but not nearly what it would be if I had given up and pigged out on hot dogs, chips, cake and ice cream.\u00a0 I felt good about myself. I stumbled, but I did everything in my power to make up for it.<\/p>\n
I think I \u201cstumbled\u201d on a key to lifelong healthy habits.\u00a0 If you are going to be at a healthy weight the rest of your life, you need a more positive way to deal with the setbacks that will inevitable come. When you fall, pick yourself up. But even better, when you are teetering on the brink of diet disaster, put everything you have into staying upright.\u00a0 Get out of the \u201cOh, well, I might as well….\u201d mentality and think \u201cWhat can I do to fix this?\u201d<\/p>\n
In the morning, you\u2019ll be glad you did.<\/p>\n
Eating to live and l living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Yesterday was going well until I tried a new recipe at lunch time.\u00a0 It was a low calorie chocolate mousse made from coconut milk.\u00a0 It was REALLY good — and it caused a major stumble. In fact, I ate all four servings by myself. At one sitting.\u00a0 At that point it became NOT low glycemic and certainly not low calorie.<\/p>\n