Keep on Keeping On! Some Great Advice to Stay on Target

   "Sometimes you just have to keep on keeping on!"  I don't remember where I heard it, but I've always remembered.  This past week at our WW meeting, we discussed how to turn slip-up in to successes.  I shared some of my favorite info about famous people who did not give up:

• The first book Dr. Seuss wrote, To Think I Saw That on Mulberry Street, was rejected by 27 publishers.
• Every cartoon Charles Schultz submitted to his high school yearbook staff was rejected.  Walt Disney wouldn't hire him.
• Thomas Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts in inventing the light bulb.

   You can go to "They Did Not Give Up" to read more about scientists, inventors, artists, entertainers, authors, and sports figures.  The point being, to keep trying even when things don't turn out the way you want them to turn out.
    During our weekly meetings, members share things that help them stay on plan. (This is one of the reasons why members who attend weekly meetings lose 50% more weight that those who don't.) Here are a few things to help you "pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again."~ Dorothy Fields.

• The scale is not your enemy.  It's a feedback machine!  Use it to make a better plan.
• If you mess up, stop and start again.  Take it one day at a time or even one meal at a time.
• Keep track of what you eat and drink!  At the end of each week you didn't get the results you wanted, look back over the weeks you did and see what was different and do it again!
• Get help! Pick one person to whom you give permission to "get in your face," if need be and help you be accountable.
• Be kind to yourself!  Encourage yourself with positive affirmations such as "I can do this!"; "Today is a new day!"; "Hey, I'm worth the effort!"; and "(Fill in your own here)."

And just for fun, take a look at this: