August 25
Watch out for “vacation mentality”. I deserve it – sure I do, but the budget still applies. So the trick is to figure out what I can do that is within the confines of the budget for the weight I want to be, just like it is with money. I might also want (and think I deserve) a vacation that lasts 8 weeks and costs $40K, but that doesn’t mean that I can afford that either!
I always have the option of saving up – vacation time, money and calories so that I can do whatever I want. It’s just a question of whether or not it is worth it to me to go to those lengths to have the vacation I want. My prerogative. What I can’t do is take as much time as I want, spend as much money as I want, and eat whatever I want – without consequence. Food and weight management is not different than lots of life management realities.
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