Don’t Smash The Wagon Posted on April 7, 2015April 14, 2015 By pamela IF YOU FALL OFF THE Trim Healthy Mama plan WAGON —– after having smashing success —– DON’T SMASH THE WAGON! GET UP… TO YOUR KNEES… GIVE YOUR PLANS TO THE LORD, CRY FOR HELP, CRY FOR HOPE —- DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF THE SILLY nonsensical repetitive INDULGENCE THAT GOT YOU TO AN UNHEALTHY PLACE/WEIGHT IN THE FIRST PLACE. So you fell off the wagon. DO NOT GIVE IN TO THE LIE THAT YOU ARE BETTER OFF WITHOUT THE PLAN–THAT YOU HATED IT ANYWAY — THAT YOU JUST WANT TO BE FREE TO EAT WHAT YOU WANT and just be normal again. THOSE MAY BE TRUE FEELINGS, BUT THE LIE IS THAT YOU CAN EAT WHAT YOU WANT AND NOT FACE OR PAY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES. DON’T GIVE UP AND SAY: STUPID PLAN, STUPID SCHEDULE, STUPID CHAOTIC BOOK, STUPID INGREDIENTS, STUPID RECIPES, STUPID CONFUSING NAMES AND STYLES AND… and… and… STOP IT. SERIOUSLY, STOP IT. don’t smash the wagon YOU SOUND LIKE A SILLY, SELFISH CHILD WHO WANTS CAKE AND TREATS AND NO RULES and no weight gain. Oh wait. Remember? That’s the beautiful thing you discovered when you began implementing the plan and trying out all the ideas and found some truly delicious recipes you enjoyed!! Remember? Yes, before the Cadbury eggs… before the Valentine’s Kisses… before the Christmas cakes-cookies-pies-fudge-candy… before you gave into the lie that you don’t really care anymore anyway. [cp_quote style=”quote_left_dark”]Only your enemy the devil wants you to believe you will never get there and you might as well not even try.[/cp_quote] Remember? Remember when you realized that you were doin’ it?!?! Remember when you were WINNING?!?? You were following the plan and LOSING weight! You LOST WEIGHT Remember? Yeah, that was YOU! You lost that weight! YOU did it. YOU GO, GIRL!!! So you fell off the wagon. Get up. GET UP. SERIOUSLY, GET UP AND GET GOING… YOU CAN DO IT———–YOU’VE ALREADY PROVEN IT. …………said I to myself in the mirror. THM Trim Healthy Mama umpteenth+1 diet my storyTHMTrim Healthy MamaUmpteenth+1 diet
Discipline… THM Posted on November 6, 2013November 9, 2013 It seems to me that nothing spotlights the will or the flesh quite like discipline. I’ve found (yet again) that I surely relate well to the Biblical passage regarding the willing spirit and weak flesh. Though that passage doesn’t necessarily relate to undisciplined eating, it does relate to the flesh… Read More
Thanksgiving 2015 Posted on November 25, 2015 From me (and my family) to you, Happy Thanksgiving 2015 We celebrate God’s merciful kindness this Thanksgiving! I’m filled with awe and gratitude for the opportunities the Lord has given me and I am thankful to be able to share this blog with you. I sincerely wish you love, peace,… Read More
THM Jetpack Posted on November 18, 2013 Last week as I was describing the beginnings of Trim Healthy Mama and the food plan, I alluded to the printed supply lists that teachers send to the local stores to post in the school supply aisles. These lists not only help parents to select the specific supplies their child(ren)… Read More
You’re so welcome, Karen. I’m thinking we’re not alone here on this. I am trying to be diligent to not give in…….. and it’s so hard for me this time. I cannot believe that for *months* I did not deviate from the plan—even though it meant eating the same basic things over and over and over again day after day—even though I was making cakes, catering meals and cooking for our large family. And then… yes… and then I didn’t. God bless your journey! That’s my prayer for each one of us attempting to attain and enjoy healthful meals, proper weight and healthy lives.Thanks for commenting.
Pamela, thank you for this! You summed up my feelings exactly, and this is the just the pep talk I needed to get back on track.