Hey, I'm Keri Glassmam, here with some quick and simple tips to help you feel just a little
bit better. Eating right should be something you strive to do all the time, as you know.
But no one’s perfect-- and we shouldn't be. When it comes to watching what you eat,
it isn’t a matter of if you’ll overindulge, it’s a matter of when. It happens to all
of us-- we cave to a cheeseburger craving, have a second helping of dessert, or drink
a couple extra glasses of wine. There’s nothing wrong with the occasional overindulgence.
It’s what you do afterward that really matters. Don’t let one mistake send you on a spiral
into the junk food abyss. Too often we let a single pebble on the track derail the whole
train. It’s that natural domino effect: “Well, I had a donut for breakfast, so for
lunch, I might as well have a pizza and onion rings, oh, and a soda, a milkshake and a candy
bar too.” It’s easy to go down that road, but you do not have to. The first mistake
is beating yourself up for giving in to a craving. Accept that it happens and will continue
to happen, and move right on. If you imagine it as a natural anomaly to your otherwise
healthy lifestyle, it’s way easier to let it go as the isolated incident that it is.
Don’t use it as an excuse to continue to overindulge. Look at it as a reason to get
back on track and stay there. Think of every meal or snack as a “Monday morning”, an
individual opportunity to eat right. So remember: If you think of the occasional overindulgence
as just part of the plan and use it to refocus yourself on your goals, it will help you feel