Mmmm... minty fresh!

Well, i've got my Options Mint Madness Hot Chocolate whilst hiding from the major thunder storm that we've got going on over here!

So why did I have my blip this weekend?

- It was raining, i was annoyed that I couldn't get out as I'd planned
- I was inside watching DVD's all snuggled up - i always eat food, mostly junk food when I'm watching a film - a habit
- I was annoyed and diasappointed and upset that I'd only lost a pound
- I kept going over all the opportunities I'd had to lose more than a pound
- I started thinking about and worrying about next week when I'm away for a week and all food is cooked for me and I always fail at those sort of events, I generally have a month-long blip
- I also gave myself permission - all the hard work I'd put into sticking to my points over the last two weeks, I was giving myself a reward

So all those frustrations, all those habits, all those rewards - all the ways I normally deal with food.
Hmmm...
I know habits can be broken, I know emotions can be recognised and dealt with and non-culinary rewards can be replaced or at least minimalised!
And I'm working on these... the rewards are now going to be cd's, nailvarnish, DVDs and chamilia beads and when I manage to go down in sizes, clothes and shoes.

I have to accept that habits take time to break and not only that it is acceptable to have a blip on occasion. I'm not perfect and neither are my dietry habits. And neither should they be. They should be the best that i can be on any given day.

With the emotions, its a work in progress.

But right now, I'm optimistic and I'm going to finish this hot chocolate before watching the Biggest Loser UK.