Yikes!

Wow!  Yikes! Holy Cannoli! Wowzers! I'm not sure how many other phrases I can come up with, but that's a good start.  I'm referring to how easy it is to get off track.  I just spent the last several days enjoying Christmas with family.  I was away from my home and away from the gym. I was very much out of my routine, both workout wise and food wise.  I ate the food that was prepared for me.  I tried the desserts without working them off.  I definitely made some poor choices and now I have some catch-up to do.

Luckily, I am confident that as easily as I slipped out of my norm, I'll slip back in.  But, it occurred to me just how easy it is to get off track and how quickly you can spiral out of control.  In reality, we're only talking about 4 days.  But those days, combined with our thoughtful neighbors and their goody trays, made for some rough patches.  It's pretty scary to think about how much damage you can really do in 4 days.  Not necessarily intentional damage, but damage nonetheless.  Tomorrow being December 28th, I'm getting back to the gym and back to good eating.  But, in the past I might not have done that.  I might have waited until the first of the year.  However, just think of how much more damage could be done if I waited another 4 days!! That's where I can truly see that the "behind the scenes" work is paying off.  I can now honestly focus on the day to day, vs. waiting until a season is over.  As tempting as it is on 12-27 to say that I'll just live it up until January 1st and then get back on track at that point, I know I can't do that.  I know that I need to take one day at a time.  As quickly as I slipped up the last 4 days, I shutter to think what would happen if I allowed myself to wait another 3 days.  I've worked way too hard to let it go like that!