Yesterday was not a good day as far as calories go. I admittedly ate more pizza than I should have. I went into it knowing that was going to happen. Every Chritmas Eve a friend and I get the families together and make pizzas. This year it was put off until yesterday. Now, that is over. However, I did not want to log it on my daily nutritional log. If I don't log it, it didn't happen, I don't have to face it. If I never admit it happened, it never did. I overcame my denial and logged my calories. Suprisingly, I was only 69 cal over my budget. And the best thing of all, it didn't hurt.

Denial is a detrimental tool to weight loss success. It can appear in so many forms. Like, when I deny the actuallity of my calories consumed. Maybe we could deny that we ever promised ourselves we would workout today. Possibly, the very reason for our weight is denied as well. Unless we can be honest with ourselves, we will never succeed. Don't we owe it to ourselves to respect ourselves and be honest with ourselves? Facing the truth is a success not a set back. Admitting where we have faultered is a tool where we now know where a weakness lies and where a strength must be worked on, a goal created, etc. . . I am no longer going to deny my faults to myself. No one is perfect. I am not bad because I have made a mistake, taken the wrong turn, buried my past. No one is. Like stated on SP 14 ways to stay on an exercise program, "It is never too late to be the healthy you." It is never too late to admit what you have been denying and to only go on from there.

"Denial, after all, is what kills dreams. It kills hope." Phillip McGraw.