Getting Back on Track

Getting back on track has been harder than I anticipated. I keep intending to start eating "clean" again. For me, that means fewer fast food meals, less nutritionally empty snacks, cutting back on the amount of alcohol that I am drinking and generally trying to eat fewer calories. I've done it before and I should be able to do so again but it is really, really hard.

There have been a few celebratory meals that have been eaten. That has often meant eating at a restaurant and has involved alcohol being consumed. Also, even when I was eating at a friend's place instead of at a restaurant, the meal was not exactly light on calories or fat. So, as a result, my weight has continued to plateau. It's not going up much higher than it was, but it sure isn't getting any lower, either.

I've also been fighting a cold for a couple of days and this has ended up with me wanting to eat all the things. Comfort food is wonderful but it isn't light on fat or calories, that's for sure. It's also made it difficult for me to be able to work out as well. I'm still committed to exercising on my new elliptical, this has just been a temporary setback.

I'm trying really hard not to get discouraged or upset or even give up. I know that the changes I am trying to make are really long term and so small hiccups shouldn't really make me feel like a failure but it does sometimes. I guess I just need to push through and find a new motivational source instead.