"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." ~Sir Winston Churchill
If the above statement is true, then I am afraid that I would have failed miserably as a success.
It is so easy to lose our enthusiasm isn't it? When I stepped on the scale on Monday I was dreading it because I knew I had eaten quite a bit throughout the previous week and I had neglected to do more than a mile or two of walking in total. I was getting ready to face my failure to lose weight. However, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that I had not gained. I had not lost any weight either, but I had not gained and I was so happy about that. I counted it as a success, even though all I did was ...nothing.
I want to do more, but I lose my enthusiasm when I fail. It seems like sometimes in the weight loss "game" that I fail more than I succeed.
I decided that I can't beat myself up over these failures, however. I find that when I "beat myself up" I end up eating more or doing more of the very thing that I beat myself up over in the first place!
Be good to yourselves and keep up your enthusiasm!
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