I Told You So

We love to prove ourselves right. “I told you so” is a phrase we learn early on in our life. It reinforces the thinking that we can’t do something and we will fail if we try. It raises every excuse in the book.

But with every failure there is a success.

I lost focus last week. The week started out great! I won a Golden Reel Award from my peers for “Inception” and for the first time in along time, I had a fun time at the award dinner. I saw people I haven’t seen in years and I felt terrific. I had a confidence that had been lacking for awhile now both personally and professionally. There were many gifts that night and I was open to receiving them.

Then monday was my WW meeting and I had exceeded my goal of 10 lbs to 11.5 total! Another great evening, feeling pretty good about myself, but as the week went on I found myself having to deal with some stressful events and by Friday night I was eating 3 pieces of pizza. I knew what I was doing and I enjoyed myself at the time, but I knew I would have to pay the price. Sure enough, yesterday I had not gained or lost a pound. I was the same exact weight as the Monday before. I was happy that I didn’t gain anything, but I was disappointed in myself for not losing.

But I had gained something, I gained the knowledge of knowing that every action has a reaction. Even if you’re not honest with yourself, the truth will always prevail. Cheating on your diet is only cheating on yourself. I know that I have what it takes to be successful in losing this weight, but sometimes you have to take a step back to see the whole picture. I also had lost something too. I lost the excuses that I always used to protect myself from feeling like a failure. I lost the negative inner dialogue. I wasn’t going to let a few bad days undo all the hard work I had done for weeks. I started right back on my diet and have kept moving forward. I still expect to lose another 5 lbs. by the end of the month. My goals have not changed, but my attitude has. As Rosie pointed out yesterday, the word Attitude adds up to 100. You have to do the program 100 percent or it won’t work. Trust me on this one. Measure and count your points. It’s very simple.

You just have to do the math!