Falling Off the Wagon

Okay, So, I am not going to even lie: The past two days were not good days for me. I totally over done it and cheated big time. It showed on the scale. I know what I did wrong and what I need to do to change it. Today is a new day, and I am back at it to a "T"! I am so proud of myself today, and I know this is a struggle that many of us go through. It is hard to say no to your "head's hunger", and listen to your "stomach's hunger". This weight did not arrive on my body over night, and it won't just come off over-night. 

I made excuses the past two nights. I got "cocky" because I finally hit the 200's, and what I had done to get their just escaped my mind. I got there because I didn't cheat as bad as I did the past two nights. The food got the better of me. It tasted so good. Again, there is another excuse. "It tasted so good." I need to come to my senses and be like, yes, it tastes good. I can wait until my next 5 bite meal to have another taste of it. Or, if that was the end of that, then, then I need to tell myself that I can always make that meal again. 

I think that it will help if just one night, I sit down, and make some fun 5-bite meals. Then, put them in zip lock baggies, and freeze them. That way, I won't be tempted to go back and get more bites, because they will all be frozen, and I will have to wait until it thaws. (This is kind of hard when you have a boyfriend that isn't on the diet, and you see him eating, and it is hard to say no). 

These are all excuses, yes. I get that. However, over-eating is an addiction. Just like any addiction, it is very hard to over-come it. It is a daily struggle. Yes, I want to be thin, yes, I know how to get to become thin, it is just a mentality that any person with an addiction has. We have to get our minds right! 

I follow Heidi and Chris Powell on facebook, and Heidi Powell posted a video of Cassie Kraemer, and Cassie said one thing that has stuck with me since watching that mini video: "Once you fix your mind, your mouth shuts." At the time, I didn't pay much significance to it, but now I do! It is so true! 

Has anyone else fallen off of the wagon on any diet, or anything, and realized that you are better than the addiction, you are better than whatever knocked you down; that you got back up, brushed your knees off, and started back on? If so, then that is what you call transformation. You know what to do, and you will try and try and try again. If not, I pray for each and every one of you that has not been able to get back up. I pray that you get back up when you fall. I pray that you do whatever it is to succeed and transform. Being in the 5 Bite Diet, any diet, weightloss, body building, school, etc. I also pray for each any every one of you that has gotten back up. I pray that you continue to know how to get back up. I pray for that continue strength in all of you! May God bless you all beyond what you could ever imagine you could possibly do yourself. 

~Blessings and let's do some transforming and inspiring,
  Cassondra L. Dupree

Again, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, e-mail me at: cass.dupree5bd@hotmail.com