Okay, I Admit I'm Guilty...

Okay, so we all know we are guilty of over-indulging on a long holiday weekend and eating all those extra calories. Personally I don't feel that splurging sometimes is a bad thing its the not getting back on track that is the problem.

Sometimes you have the best intentions during a three day holiday week-end. You swear you’ll eat well, even when you’re offered the most succulent barbecue meals, and swear even more that you’ll exercise instead of sleeping in AND avoid alcohol. (Go you!) But there you are Tuesday morning: feeling guilty, slightly ill and bloated from all the over-eating.

Now what you do? The way I see it, you’ve got only one choice: get back on track as quickly as possible! Here are four ways to get back on track with your weight loss plan after a long holiday week-end.

1. Ditch the guilt. So, despite your best intentions, you didn't stick to your diet plan. You need to ditch any guilt you feel and stop beating yourself up about it. Feeling guilty about overindulging is wasted energy spend that energy doing something productive instead.
2. Dump the extra food. If you’ve got extra food around the house from the holiday week-end, dump it. Why keep unhealthy, calorie-laden food around to tempt you? Better that the food goes in the garbage than on your hips or belly, right?
3. Review or reset your goals. Sometimes overindulging comes about because you either lost sight of your goals or have set your goals too high. A goal of “I’m never going to eat cookies again” may be too strict for you and cause you to overindulge, using a holiday week-end as an excuse to ditch your diet plan.
4. Eat your favorite healthy meal and do your favorite workout. You’re only one healthy meal and one workout away from getting back on track. If you need the extra incentive, why not cook/get your favorite healthy meal (for me, grilled chicken salad!) do your favorite workout, and blast your favorite music while doing it.

If you overindulged over the long holiday week-end, chances are the “damage” is not as bad as you think. Use these four tips to get back on track and you’ll be back to losing weight before you know it!