Never Say "I blew it"

I, am very excited that I'm up and about at 7am. My alarm went off and as I went to press snooze, I realized that wasn't even that tired. I went to be at 11am, but my body decided that it wanted to go on a coughing jag so I'm pretty sure I was up until 11:30 if not 12pm. But, here I am, awake, and ready to go. I'm also proud of myself that I remembered I needed to use my DDR, and instead of keeping my living room "in flux" (from moving stuff around...books, dvds, workout material, bookcases everywhere!), I got up and cleared the way so I could have a fresh, clean spot to work out in. Yay me.

So today that book talked about not saying "I blew it."  Most people's mindset with this (including mine) is if I blew it a little, then I might as well "go for the gold." Oh, I already ate 3 cookies...might as well make it a la mode! Instead of having "minor slipup" you end up gorging yourself and consequently feeling like crap-ola. The book said instead of saying "I blew it" and creating a huge event out of your mistake, chalk it up to something small. Like, "oh crap, I ate three cookies. Gotta track it and get over it." Or, the phrase they used was "Isn't that interesting? I wonder what that was all about." Then you actually figure out why you went with eating the 3 cookies. Stressful day at work? "After you see what's behind your eating pattern, you can focus on taking care of those needs instead of reaching for food."

I do this alot, especially since I've been off the whole tracking/eating healthy thing. It's not like I'll gorge myself and feel sick, but I will take the "oh, might as well have whipped cream too...already eating ice cream" approach. When I was tracking, I had to think 30 times about getting that coffee frappachino, and you better believe that I was NOT getting whipped cream. I'm excited to literally "get back on track," and I hope it's just as successful as last time. We shall see.

"...being confident of this, that he who began a good work in your will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus...And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best..." Phil. 1:6,9-10a.

I like the thought that someone else has started the work, and that he is not giving up on me. It doesn't mean that I don't have to try or do anything, but it does mean that I have a partner in all this craziness...and that I'm not alone in the good or miserable times. The second part, is really a prayer for myself...the funny thing is that last night I prayed something similar--help me to love more, and help to figure out what the heck I need to do with my life. Except, of course the writers say it a lot more eloquently. I'm excited to see what happens next...and hopefully I'll be ready and aware to take it on.