11-17-09......Tuesday

"You don't drown by falling into the water. You drown by staying there."

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Here we are moving right alone this week. Some of us may have had a really good day, some of us may have had a few struggles, and there will be those of us still be laying on the track we fell off of and are being ran over like we were road kill.

But you know what, ''that is okay too." Yesterday our Becky stepped up to the plate (no pun intended) told us how much weight she is over her goal. Not only does that have to be a shocker to her, but the important thing is she has no plans to continue on that journey, but she was already making plans on how she could take back her control. It is so easy to lose control and it is even hard to re-gain that control. But, Becky took the first step and that is admitting to herself, and that is the most important person to be honest with is yourself, and she is working to do better.

It does not have to be the holiday season for any of us to fall off track and hit with a thud that can be heard around the world. As we all know each day we get to start brand new, clean slate, no mistakes yet. We also have choices, no one ever said this was going to be an easy journey. However, for myself, there have been times I have made this journey much more difficult than it had to be for I am my own worst enemy, I am the ultimate food pusher, I tend to sabotage myself before anyone else has a chance to even try.

If you work and you have to deal with someone else's candy bowl, maybe ask that person if you could attach a note to his or her candy dish. Something like, ''this is not for you fill in blank." That may sound silly, but you know what, we have to look out for ourselves. The other thing we really need to come to terms with and that is, we also do not want to deprive ourselves of the things that we do only get this time of year. If we deprive ourselves, then trust me, it will not be pretty what happens when we realize the meal is over the leftovers are gone, and we did not get that one thing that Aunt Mary makes that we love so much. So have some of Aunt Mary's specialty. Just don't get caught up in the ''I can't have this or that" also don't get caught up in "I'm on a diet". First three letters of the word ''diet'' spell die. We may fall down, but we don't have to stay down.

Today is a new day, your tracker is nice and clean, so start with a good healthy breakfast and just take each meal one meal at a time. Remember, ''the only think instant is coffee."