So--you really <i>are</i> human, Kels? You have weaknesses just like me? You are a stress eater, just like me? We really have a lot in common, don't we?
You know the rules, though. You can't berate yourself, feel guilty, or beat yourself up for something that happened in the past. I don't care if it happened only five minutes ago. Whatever happened is history now. You can't change it. Don't punish yourself for it. You didn't run down a sweet little old lady crossing the street (no--really, I'm fine, you missed me
) you stumbled on your weight loss path. You didn't even stub your toe hard, either. You didn't do <b>anything</b> that can't be made better.
In fact, you have already made everything better. You came here to WISH and you admitted that you had a tough weekend and that you ate things not allowed on your eating plan. That tells me that you have already learned from what happened over the weekend and that you are even more determined than you were 33 days ago to follow your new healthy lifestyle and to reach your goals.
I'll bet you have no idea how much reading this has helped <i>me</i>, do you? Well, you have helped me immensely. The next time I get upset (I had a really tough time in my cyber world this past weekend) and want to just say, "to heck with it", and eat off program foods, I'm going to remember the sad little smilie to the left of the subject line of this post. I'm going to remember the disappointment and pain that I read in your words here--and I am going to reconsider my thoughts. You have given me a new motivation, you have given me a new tool to deal with my own frustration and sadness (all of us have days like that).
So--don't laugh--but I'm going to thank you for posting this, I truly appreciate your courage. You are a wonderfully motivational presence here on WISH and I appreciate you very much.
Ooooops! I just checked my watch. It looks like your ten minutes of self pity are all used up. So, are you ready? Oh, come on! Oh alright: <i>kiss, kiss, hug, hug</i>, does that help any?
Alrighty then. Stand up straight. Smile....you can do better than that Kels...<i><b>Smile!</i></b> That's much better, thank you
Take a deep cleansing breath. You'd better take another one, you seem pretty upset. Okay, now repeat after me, <b>I'm a beatiful and special person and I can do this because I'm a WISHer. </b>
Good job. You <i>can</i> do this, you know. We're going to help you.
{{{HUGS}}} my friend. Today is a new day. Go right back to the Alex challenge and get yourself back into ketosis. You haven't broken anything, you just put the teeniest little dent into your well thought out plan. You are back on track, today. I'm proud of you for coming here and sharing this with all of us. Hang in there. We're all right there behind you all you have to do is call, if you need help. We're always ready to help each other, here on WISH. You already knew that, though, didn't you? The WISH challenge was <i>your</i> wonderful idea. I love WISH and it's working just the way you intended it to work. It helps me get through each day and most nights
Katholyn
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{{{ hugs }}}
No way that would have been me. 
