Debbie Cousins's Journal, 28 February 2018

Debbie come on girl,you can get back on and join us.I believe in you ,if it wasn't for you I would have quit.Take your time and get your head back together and come back home.I need your support.  

Praying for you!!!You got my support.  

Tomorrow is a new day. There is no guilt with throwing away the things that tempt us. It can be quite empowering to do so! 

Thanks, @sandycatiller and @RiverRes for your support and encouragement. Both brought tears to my eyes. Right now, I need to get out of this "miry pit," and get back on solid ground. It just looks like a REALLY far way to crawl back out right now. On a (little bit) bright side, I DID realize that just because I had the one Diet Coke, it doesn't mean I've blown it again forever. If I don't have another, I'll be able to say, "I've only had one Diet Coke in 2 months," and then "I've only had one Diet Coke in 6 months," and so on. (It's a LITTLE comforting.) 

You got it that's the best way of looking at it.Come on back ,put all these bad feelings aside.We are not going to crucify you ,just gonna love you thru this. It's ok to go cuckoo for a day or so,I did it twice this week and still lost,under 200 now.Thanks to you.  

Keep your chin up. There is no shame in slipping up once in awhile, you are human. You will only fail if you give up. Sending love! 

everything starts with the first step forward and you already did that so just keep on trucking! 

Do you keep a journal on your food? When I can not talk myself out of cheating I write about how the food makes me feel. I cheated and had a coke after a year... got the worst heartburn ever. Processed meats make my hands swell up. (My favorite dressing in a box makes me gain 6 pounds over night and no its not the salt its the inflammatory stuff in it) I used to love ram-en and joke about them being rocket fuel noodles...I have consequences for days over these (best not mentioned in polite company) to say the least my food consequences journal has helped me to selectively choose the better cheats.  

We all have bad days. Don't allow one day to ruin the progress you've made. Pick yourself up by your bootstraps and start again tomorrow. One day won't make or break you.  

My prayers are with you. As I am here too I have fallen and the guilt is horrible. I have to say to myself I’m going to start again and keep fighting one day at a time till I get it. Rest well and start with a new day tomorrow ☘️ 

How are you today? Your in my thoughts all day.Hope what ever you are struggling with passes quickly.  

nothing worth having ever comes easily. I fall off the wagon often, especially during vacations (we just got back from a wedding in Vegas where I was able to eat and drink 9lbs back on over only 4 days!) but I earned that splurge, felt guilty for a day and hopped back on the train. after those 9lbs come off, I'll keep going for more! it has helped me to focus on not my weight, but my health and the fact that my children are watching me. Watching my choices, my dedication and my desire to be healthy me so I can hang around and drive them crazy as long as humanly possible. off days are to be expected, don't beat yourself up too much we all have them, what matters most is that when it's done, instead of pittying yourself into a string of bad days or a new routine of bad, you pick yourself up and start trying again. compare it to something like quitting smoking - even if you can smoke half of what you used to, it's 50percent better than it was! take small steps and reward yourself when you do well ! life is too short to not have a kit kat or a diet coke now and then (or a glass of wine for me) as long as you're actively trying, you're doing 100x better than everyone who isn't!