Back on track.

This is about how I feel right now.

In case you couldn't tell from my anniversary photo recap, I ate everything this weekend.  Yes, everything.  I have major food hangover and it's making me cranky.

But what can you do but move forward?  No, I did not make the best choices over the long weekend, and I definitely let the specialness of the occasion get the best of me.  I'm not proud that I ate my face off, but I can't change it.  I am reconciled to the fact that I will likely gain at my meeting this weekend, but you can damn well be sure that I will be there anyway.  I hate seeing the numbers go up, but that's usually when you need it most.

In the meantime, I am still struggling a bit, but focused on forward motion.  Persistence, not perfection. Why is it so hard to get back on track?  I have made so many strides towards building healthy habits, but it feels like they can fall apart so quickly.  It's cheesy as all hell, but I just keep telling myself that it's a new day.  I might be in the hole on flex points (like a lot) but today is a clean slate.  I'm reminding myself over and over that a bad weekend doesn't mean throwing the towel in for the rest of the week.  Yesterday was hard.  Today is still hard, but slightly less so.  Tomorrow will be a little better.  One foot in front of the other, right?

At least I can say that I am making a concerted effort, regardless of the feedback I will get from the scale.

I went to bootcamp (and it hurt and it sucked and I wanted to sleep, but I went).
I planned and tracked my meals.
I am drinking a TON of water.
I went to the grocery yesterday and our house is officially cake-free.

I'm settling back into normal.  And isn't that the best part?  The junk-filled bingey weekend USED to be the status quo, but not anymore.  Maybe those good habits aren't as fragile as I thought.

How do you get back on track after a rough spot?