Keeping sight on the goal

One of the hardest things for me to do is keep my sight on the goal at hand. Everything comes into play and directs my thoughts away from it. I'll give you an example:

Last Sunday I began watching my weight more carefully with the goal of losing the extra 25 pounds I want to lose. For a week I've done great. Sunday is my weigh-in day and today I was down 1.5 pounds from last Sunday at the same time. I'm careful to weigh at the same time, as much as possible. Gotta have that right. You would think with that knowledge and encouragement I could come to the kitchen and eat a breakfast that was healthy, right? Not so!

The Diabetic diet I am trying to follow, which I find to be like the old Weight Watchers program I was on in the early 1970's and lost 40 pounds on, lasted just long enough for me to eat a cheese toast and orange, with a cup of Swiss Miss Diet Hot Chocolate. That was it! Then I wanted more. So I got a cheese stick, 5 Ritz crackers, a chocolate p-b Fiber one bar and then a Pretzel, chocolate, Fiber One bar. At this point I told myself it was okay, that I would just count the points on the Weight Watchers diet I am paying to be on each week. They don't say a thing about that extra that I ate raising my blood sugar, but being the diabetic (Type 2) that I am, I know sugar spikes it fast and then drops me just as fast.

Now, I'm thinking, on the Diabetic diet I have blown it for the day, I'd say, but I'm still good on the Weight Watchers diet because I have 15 points to use the rest of the day. Hooray! I'm not sunk yet.

It drives me crazy that I lose sight of my goal and go off the loose end on junk like this. I could really beat myself up about it, but motivation right now says, "when you fall get back up one more time than you fall". I've gotten up now, so here's to the rest of the day. Have a good day!