Creating the Best Me by Devin L. Joubert

Author:Devin L. Joubert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: North Woods Publishing

CHAPTER 11. HOW TO DEAL WITH SETBACKS THAT HURT

CHAPTER 11.

How to Deal with Setbacks That Hurt

When you are working on becoming your best self there will be setbacks. Why? Because anything worthwhile will have its challenges. Setbacks make your journey harder. Amiright?!?

These setbacks aren’t meant to SET YOU BACK or make you quit.

There was a moment in my life where I’d been working out religiously and eating well, but I came to a plateau in my weight loss and couldn’t lose any more. Really wish I could have gone back in time to tell my past self to keep going. Because that setback really did SET ME BACK. I quit.

Down the road, when I picked it up again, I’d gained back the weight and lost time. If I’d just kept up with it, I would have reached my goals faster.

There comes a time in your life where you’re going to get sick of taking pictures before. I know I did. Make that before picture, your last before picture.

I want to encourage you to strive through your setbacks, whether bingeing and eater’s remorse, plateaus, getting sick or being injured. There are plenty of other kinds of setbacks, but those are a few I’ve experienced.

You can do this, so let’s go through those setbacks and talk about things you can do to come back from it and not let it SET YOU BACK.

Binging & Eater’s Remorse

Binging is awful. At the moment, it feels good because it tastes good. But almost instantly, you regret it. Eater’s remorse is a lot like buyer’s remorse, but with food. You eat all those yummy Oreos and then feel disgusting and sad that you ate a whole bag of Oreos.

You keep telling yourself how good you were doing and that this has set you back. Makes you wonder how you’ll ever reach your goals. It makes you feel horrible. So what can you do to come back from this? First off, don’t get depressed. And secondly, don’t quit working to become your best self. You are only human. We are all only humans. Just realize you made a mistake and then move on. Tomorrow is a new day.

Here are some things that have helped me come back from eater’s remorse:

1. Drink water. Drinking enough will help clean you out, and after overeating or eating things that are bad for you, water is exactly what will help.

2. Go to the gym. (Or home gym.) Moving your body helps your endorphins spike. This will help you get out of the funk and feel happier.

3. Move forward and don’t give up.

Take it up as experience. Learn from it and try not to binge again next time. We all make mistakes. It’s part of learning and becoming better.

Another thing that will help with this is searching for healthier snacks. Pick up some grapes or strawberries instead of the Oreos, chips, and cake.

If you can’t really control your cravings right now, keep the items you crave out of your house. Don’t buy them.

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