Skip to main content

Tuesday Talk, July 2nd


Happy Tuesday friends!  Today we're going to take a minute to discuss something that, if you have been on this journey for any length of time, you have probably experienced and that is dealing with setbacks.  This really sort of goes along with last week's topic about the all or nothing mentality.  There are times that we feel we have set ourselves up for success, but then we give in to a few more chips or we have a dessert or we have something that is a little higher in sodium and wind up with a gain.  Or sometimes you do everything right, but your body just doesn't want to give up the weight at that weigh in.  What we need to do, however, is not throw our hands up and say well this is a bust and I'm never going to make progress. It can be easy to beat ourselves up and not focus on what we need to do to move forward.  We each need a game plan, no matter what our journey is, to move forward. 

No matter what happened that got in the way of our goal, "recalculating route" is necessary.  For me, I know that tracking will help me look back and know what I did right or where I might have gone wrong or if that meal had too much sodium.  One of my goals this year has been to take time to do things that I enjoy like read or quilt or embroidery projects that I have purchased.  I have found several times that I don't make the time for it.  There are so many times that I get sidetracked by all of the things that I need to do for my family.  I just can't let myself get overwhelmed because I know that everyone still has the same 24 hours in the day.

When things happen that keep you from hitting your goals, you need a plan to get back to your goal.  How do you do that?  Depending on your goal, you have to look at where you got sidetracked.  For me, if I am focusing on the weight gain, I have to figure out where things changed.  Did I eat something high in sodium?  Did I track it properly or at all?  Did I not plan ahead?  When I find that I didn't do what I needed to hit my weight loss goal, I have to recommit to myself because I am important.  Reaching my "take time" goals, it may be as simple as I set an alarm on my phone or my Fitbit and say at this time, I'm doing "X".  This helps will help me hit my goals.

Sometimes it comes down to your mindset.  As I said above, we all have the same 24 hours, but some people are just great inspirations because they get so much accomplished in those 24 hours.  Don't get caught up in the comparison game though because we aren't all in exactly the same place in our journey, no matter what our journey is.  Also, reach out to people, sometimes social media groups that share the same interest/goal as you.  It helps so much for me because you find so much support and can often find someone going through the same thing as you as the same time or have gone through it recently.  I know this is a bit long, but I think it's definitely worth talking about.  I felt like I really needed this right now.  Thanks for listening! ;-)

Labels:

Comments

  1. MaryFranJuly 2, 2019 at 4:29 AM

    You are right...we all have them. I try to remind myself that each setback is a learning opportunity....and if I take that as such, it is a step forward because I’ll be better ready to handle that situation when it happens again in the future!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Picnic in the Park Collab

 S’mores Protein Bites Recipe You can find the original recipe  here  from Six Sisters' Stuff.  The one below is the way I prepared it. Ingredients 1½ cups Simple Truth Old Fashioned Oats ¼ cup crushed graham cracker crumbs ½ cup Simple Truth almond butter ½ cup raw honey ¼ cup vanilla protein powder (I used Orgain Vanilla Protein Powder) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup mini marshmallows ¼ cup mini chocolate chips Instructions Combine all ingredients in a bowl or stand mixer until well combined. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place on a baking sheet covered with foil or parchment paper. Place in the freezer for about 1 hour, then store in a resealable bag or airtight container in the fridge for up to a week (or in the freezer for up to a month). This original recipe says 15 servings.  I am not sure if I used a smaller scoop but I came out with 25 or so.  There were a couple that were smaller.
Post a Comment
Read more

Meal Plan (and make a plan) Monday, April 27, 2025

Happy Monday, friends!  I hope you are looking forward to a good week!  It's time again to share my meal plan for the week.  I suspect breakfasts will be fend for ourselves.  Last week, I think we all ate a lot of cereal.  Lunches this week will likely be chicken salad and a pasta meal.  I, unfortunately, got hit with a round of vertigo at the end of last week that is wrecking havoc on my ability to move too much and it stinks.  I will be going back to what the allergy doctor suggested a couple of years ago...using my daily oral meds (Xyzal and Mucinex), as well as nasal rinse twice a day and nasal allergy spray.  While I know that vertigo for everyone isn't caused by the fluid in the ears, it seems to be for me most times when I've had it.  It's miserable when I can't even sit up without feeling nauseous. Anyway, for that reason, our meals for the week are going to be relatively easy and may even be repeats of meals I have had on the plan th...
Post a Comment
Read more

What's Cookin' Wednesday: Hungry Man Cornbread

  This recipe was my Mom's recipe that she submitted to the PTA years ago when I was in elementary school.  The recipe books were mimeographed and stapled together.  Hungry Man Cornbread (original recipe from memory) : 2 packages of cornbread mix (she used Martha White), prepared according to the package. 1 pound of ground beef, browned (usually with onion) American Cheese Slices Prepare your cornbread according to the package.  Brown your ground beef with onion, if desired, and seasonings of your choosing.  Prepare a 9 X 13 inch pan.  Pour half of your cornbread mixture (or if you prepare them one at a time, put one package of cornbread mix, prepared) in the bottom of the pan.  Top with your ground beef mixture, then top the ground beef mixture with Cheese Slices.  Top all of this with the other half of your prepared cornbread mix.  Cook on 400 for about 20 to 30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Hungry Man Cornbread ( Tracey's wa...
Post a Comment
Read more