When You Eat Like Crap, Do These 3 Things to Move Forward

I really didn’t mean to do it….

What started off as one slice of cake, turned into an unknown amount slices of cake.

(if you’re a Repeated Reader of my blog, you may remember the Sweets Fast I went on with my mom. I’ll let you in on a little secret; I ended my extended Sweets Fast the beginning of March)

My cake fest happened 2 days ago and I’m feeling about 80% back to normal.

I pride myself for being able to move forward with my wellness journey, instead of allowing my shortcoming to stop me.

(I drop the deets on how below!)

I hope these tips do the same for you, if you find yourself in a similar predicament 🙂

Don’t beat yourself up

I know, eating an amount of food that you may feel you had no control over, sucks.

But, trust me, you can move forward.

In fact, it’s crucial that you do move forward.

Because, how can you continue to change and reach your goal(s) if you quit or allow this bump in the road to deter you?

But, I digress.

When you “slip up” on your eating plan, give yourself grace.

Realize that you aren’t perfect and literally no one can stick to their nutrition all the time.

Making mistakes is what makes us human. We can never get it right all the time.

So, if you’ve been feeling down on yourself for “messing up”, take my words as your sign to love on yourself.

Put away the guilt and shame, and keep moving forward!

It’s time to Review

After you’ve had a binge– because let me be honest, my “Cake Fest” was a full-blown binge– the best thing to do is REVIEW.

Take a few minutes to assess what happened and what you can do to improve.

If you would like to know what that looks like in action, use me as an example.

The following day after my cake binge, I sat down with myself (literally), and wrote down 1.) What went wrong, 2.) How a binge can be prevented next time and 3.) What I’m proud of myself for.

Writing down what caused your binge forces you to be honest with yourself. Sugar-coating what happened won’t do you any good.

Write down any feelings you may have had prior to the binge and how you felt afterwards.

Not only will writing down these feelings help you become aware, but, this writing practice will lead to being conscious with your food choices and habits going forward.

Remember: these changes won’t happen overnight; practice is key.

For myself, writing down what I can do going forward to make sure a binge doesn’t happen again, helped in erasing any guilt I felt, because I was taking action and making a plan.

Lastly, I was quick to jot down what I was proud of myself for.

As easy as it is to beat myself up about my shortcomings, choosing to focus on all that I have accomplished within my wellness journey just this year felt nice (and relieving, might I add).

And as you discipline yourself to complete this writing practice, whenever needed, it’ll be nice for you, as well.

Don’t give up

Eating outside your nutrition plan (especially the moments that seem to be, uncontrollable) can sometimes be disappointing.

And depending on the mood, you may even wonder, “What’s the point?”

But, don’t give up.

Taking care of yourself is a life-long journey.

Breaking undesirable habits take practice.

No one will ever just “arrive” at what they’re working hard for.

Continue to give yourself grace, educate yourself on self-care (wellness) and decide never to give up!

You’ve got this!