“Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water” updated
Posted by Kristi on January 28th, 2008
I recently commented on a fellow bloggers post about slightly falling off the band wagon and whether she should just give up and forget the diet or pick up where she left off and get back on track. Unfortunately I know this has happened to everyone, we have all been at this crossroads time and time again. I actually faced it myself today! But I made the decision not to just let myself go. I’ve actually made a promise to myself that I am going to commit a SOLID week to the plan, because really…what’s one week out of my life? If it doesn’t pay off then nothing lost right? Well, the best thing about this commitment of mine is that I KNOW it will pay off…I KNOW one solid week on the plan will definitely show results! I love when I form sneaky plans against myself to help myself, hahaha.
However, the real reason behind this post is not to talk about my commitment to myself but the whole idea of “not throwing the baby out with the bath water.” I mean because it’s really a ridiculous thing to do! One of my leaders set it up perfectly to show just how ludacris it is to partake in this kind of thinking…she simply explained that it’s like having a set of wine glasses and you accidently break one, so then you go ahead and break all the others as well. Now, how much sense does that even make?! NONE! Just because we made one bad decision, had one bad meal, or one bad day even…does not mean that everything is lost! It doesn’t mean we should just completely throw away everything! Now, I’ve heard people say “don’t throw the baby out with the bath water” before and I totally got it…that made sense to me but it wasn’t exactly revolutionary or anything. However for some reason, the wine glass example just really stuck with me, really resonated true! Hopefully it will do the same for other people as well because it helped me through today and I know that it will help me through other days as well - because no one is perfect, no one can always be on points all the time, we are only human - but we shouldn’t throw away all our hard work over one mistake!
January 28th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Kristi
Great post!! This whole subject is like the story of my life! I always think I have to be perfect. Eat right AND exercise…it’s all or nothing with me. In the past, if I didn’t exercise, it was like a ‘free pass’ for me to eat whatever I wanted! Although now I am beginning to see things differently. I little mess up one day isn’t a reason to eat as much as you can that day so that you can start fresh the next day! I love the wine glass analogy! Thanks so much for the reminder!
Robyn