Are you proud of the self-care you implemented over the July 4^th holiday weekend . . . or are you beating yourself up?

If you took great care of yourself . . . awesome! Congratulations! You must feel fabulous!

If you are beating yourself up, pay attention to what you are saying to yourself.

If it’s just a little–“I shouldn’t have eaten that. Oh well.”—chances are you’ll easily be able to get back on your wellness track.

But if you have yourself under full attack, you are in danger of derailing your progress.

Warning signs are saying things to yourself like:

• “I am so weak.”
• “I’m so stupid.”
• “I’m ugly.”
• “I’m fat.”
• “I hate my body.” 

You are saying things that are totally and completely UNTRUE! You saying things to yourself that you would never say to anyone else.

It is a painful place to be.

I love the Dan Millman quote:

“You began life with a natural, complete sense of worth. (Have you ever met an infant with self-worth issues?) But as you grow, you serve as your own judge, deducting points when you misunderstand the nature of living, and learning—when you forget you are a human-in-training and that making mistakes and having slips of integrity and mediocre moments are a part of life, not unforgivable sins.”

Let me repeat the key sentence:

“Making mistakes and having slips of integrity and mediocre moments are a part of life, not unforgivable sins.”

This absolutely includes eating what you judge to be “bad” over the holiday weekend or on vacation. Or not being at what you feel is your optimal weight. Or not looking like a super model.

Beating yourself up is NOT helpful.

And it could very well end up making you feel so bad that you just give-up trying to eat healthy.

If you found yourself driving in the wrong direction, would you just give up and turn around and head back home? Would you tell yourself how horrible you are because you took a wrong turn?

OR would you say to yourself, “Opps! I took a wrong turn. I’ll drive to the next exit and get right back on track.”

Making a wrong turn doesn’t ruin your entire trip!

What if, instead of giving up on your diet and exercise plans, you just got right back on track?

• Would that feel like you were headed in the right direction?
• Would your self-talk be more supportive?
• Would that make it easier to keep going tomorrow?

Don’t give up on eating healthy and exercising because you weren’t perfect.

The only perfect time to start taking care of yourself is right now.

Together we can do it!

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