So you messed up. It happens to just about everybody at some point in their diet. For whatever reason, we 'wake up' to find that we just broke one or all of the rules.
But the important thing is to put it behind you and move on. Get back on plan. Right now.
We are in a very dangerous place when we just made a slip up. It's so tempting to think, 'Well, I messed up at lunch, so I might as well take the rest of the day off and get back on the diet tomorrow.'
So what happens? One small slip becomes a huge binge lasting the rest of the day. The next morning, we wake up feeling terrible. We decide not to eat for the whole day to make up for it.
By lunchtime, we are real hungry. We grab the nearest cake. Another binge starts, another day is gone.
And so it goes on. In many cases, people regain all of the weight that they had lost.
Don't let that happen to you.
Slip ups happen for many reasons. Sometimes, it's a simple mistake: we misunderstood one of the rules of our diet, or ate something not knowing what was in it. Sometimes it's a momentary lapse when we are feeling extra hungry or stressed.
The reason does not really matter. The important thing is to get right back on the plan.
Don't try to eat less the rest of the day. Definitely don't skip the next meal. Follow your plan for the rest of the day as if your slip up had not happened.
Remember, it's not what you do once that counts, when you are losing weight. It's what you do over and over.
