Confessions

It was nationally ice cream day yesterday and I indulged in Edy's triple chocolate ice cream-even though it put me over my usual 850ish daily calories by about 120 calories (I did not sacrifice protein though).  I did exercise and burn an extra 200+ calories for it, but I still feel like I cheated.  Worse, I did it again today.  Slippery slope, I know. I think it was a little rebellion against 10 months of restriction.  I recognize it and am putting it behind me and myself back on course!
Thanks for the listen!

Take it easy on yourself.  One serving of ice cream doesn't have to be a gateway to overeating or eating poorly any more than a beer is a gateway to heroin! 

You have to be able to have a bite of wedding cake at a special event or a bite of a snowcone at the fair or whatever it is that you like.  Skinny people don't live with 10 months of restriction they have a bit of what they want when they really want it. 

As long as you don't make yourself sick or connect the food with emotion then an occasional ice cream is ok.

At least that's how I see it.  I try really hard to listen to what my body wants and that seems to be working for me.
 

We all slip. It is part of being human. The important thing is you realize you slipped, but don't beat yourself up over it. That is when we get into that spiral of doom.

I do think it helps to talk about it and have support.

Take care,
Alicia