It’s been a couple weeks since I started the 21 Day Fix portion control plan, Shakeology, and workouts.  I’ve had some major results after just one and a half weeks (down 5lbs!) and was really happy and felt SO motivated!

Theeeeeennnnn, last weekend happened.  My husband rode his bike 150 miles from Brooklyn to Montauk. I KNOW! Amazing.  So proud of him.  But guess what happened while staying with my in-laws?  I had wine.  And I had pizza (I actually encouraged the ordering of said pizza after he got home from the bike ride). And then it was my brother in law’s birthday and there were burgers and hot dogs on the grill and his wife made this DELICIOUS birthday cake…funfetti with chocolate pudding in the middle. That’s right, CHOCOLATE PUDDING!!! It was so good!   Meanwhile, my son was having kind of a hard weekend.  Poor sleep and lots of mysterious crying makes me tired and worried. I hate when I can’t ask him what’s wrong.  So by the time we got home on Sunday, I was feeling pretty crappy about everything.  I hadn’t worked out, I made poor food choices (though to my credit, I tried hard to keep my portion sizes of the food smaller than my norm), and I was sad about my son.

Monday morning I really felt bad.  Like how on earth did I actually think I could do this?  What was I thinking?  I can’t!  I’m too nervous and stressed about my son, I couldn’t even make it one weekend without eating food that was less than smart…ugh.  Just down and dejected.

BUT guess what I did?  I worked out.  And I made my shake.  And I logged into our accountability group on Facebook and poured it all out there.  I told them everything.  And how I felt way less positive and felt I’d failed.  Guess what happened next?  The girls swooped in with supportive comments that made me feel so much better.  And by mid afternoon that Monday I was back in the game.  I got my mind right and I DIDN’T GIVE UP.  For me, this is a huge victory.  Any other time I would’ve faded off into the sunset.  You wouldn’t be seeing any more blog posts…it would be like all of this never happened.  Because I thought I couldn’t do it.  I thought I wasn’t strong enough or disciplined enough.  But guess what?  I am.  And you are too.  It’s mindset.  Get your mind right and your body will do as it’s told.  The accountability group is such a big part of this.  Having people really supporting you and cheering you on despite slipping up, it’s just the greatest.

And you know what else?  If I think back on the weekend, I am proud of myself.  Because this journey is also about how to deal with life.  And life sometimes brings you wine and pizza and cake with chocolate pudding.  It’s how you react to those things…do you let 2 pieces of pizza be the end of it all?  NO.  This is the thing!!  Consistency is KEY. Did I gain some weight that I had lost?  Yes.  Is it now just 3 days later and I’m almost back to where I was? YES.  Seeeeeeee?  Times get tough.  For everyone.  There’s really never a great time to start exercising or eating right.  Always there’s an excuse waiting in the wings.  If I had said, “Well, I guess I messed up, might as well just quit”, then I’d be right back where I started and getting re-started would feel impossible.

So, once you start…NEVER QUIT.  You can do this.

He never quits.  Neither will I.