In her latest email, Dr Beck of Beck Diet Solution has come up with some great examples of the uselessness of all or nothing thinking. Check these out:
If you were walking down a flight of stairs and stumbled down a few, would you think, "Well, I've really blown it now!" and throw yourself down the rest?
If you were washing your fine china and dropped a plate, would you throw the rest of your plates on the floor?
If you were driving on the highway and missed your exit, would you continue to drive 5 more hours in the wrong direction?
Whilst these examples may look silly and something we would never do, think about our attitude when we, say, overeat at lunchtime. We think to ourselves "Well, that's ruined my day/diet/week/year/life, I may as well just keep going". So the two Tim Tams turns into a whole packet, or the extra scoop of ice cream turns into a whole tub of Ben & Jerry's.
A better, kinder, more helpful attitude is to pick ourselves up after "stumbling down" those first few Tim Tams and accept that we made a mistake. Everyone makes mistakes. Welcome to the human race.
Just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again. It worked for Fred and Ginger, it'll work for you!
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