Josephine La Spina wrote:Hi all,
I started my fructose free chapter on 27 March 2012 and had been pretty proud of myself at how well I was doing. I survived Easter and did not even feel tempted to consume chocolate. Generally, I was on the right track .. until this afternoon.
I was invited to a birthday party and when the sweets came out I "dived right in". I'm not sure why but I was really unable to hold back. I had in the past 7 weeks attended other functions and events and was able to make good choices but unfortunately tonight I feel like I really, really failed. I am concerned that I am losing motivation. I am really questioning whether I have just undone all the hard work of the last 7 weeks.
Also, I seem to recall that in the book Sweet Poison Quit Plan David mentions that "party foods are for parties".. I am trying to make myself feel better by thinking that it is ok to have sweet foods at parties once in a while.. Am I right?
I would appreciate any support out there... thank you
i like the others' comments. And the definition of an expert which is someone who is more than a mile from home :-)
Firstly you say you were "really unable to hold back". You should recognize and accept the you chose not to hold back. Nobody else made you do it. That said, I agree that you shouldn't be too hard on yourself. We are all human after all. Like someone else said, get back on the horse and keep riding :-) And their supportive comments should help you restore your motivation.
Judge your progress not by how near you are to your goal, but how far you have come from where you started - the horizon always moves further away as you move towards it.
JohnN
