Excuse Busters

Following on from yesterday's post I've come up with some ways to bust those excuses right out of the water!  I couldn't sleep last night so instead of my usual counting the seconds in between each car that passes the house I decided to do something a little more constructive.

So, here are my top five:

1. Plan, plan, plan! Special trips, holidays, days out in the town on Saturday - don't leave the house without planning where and what you are going to eat.  If it's somewhere new try getting their menu off the web and choosing beforehand.  
2. Take your own - in situations where you don't know what temptation could befall you take your own food and snacks.  Especially important for road trips, cinema or shows and picnics.  Don't worry about being rude.. if your anything like me it's probably an excuse anyway!
3. All in good time - binging is often an impulse for me, and sometimes I've scoffed 2000 calories before i even think about it - check that craving by telling yourself that you can have a little of what you want, but make yourself wait at least a day to practise self control.
4. Fall like a feather - if you do fall and you find yourself in KFC or McDonald's order the kids meal or a "lite bite" rather than going large.  
5. Don't get smacked twice - remember when you're young and you get told off at school, you do your punishment only to get home and get a whallop from your mum aswell?  I find it's like that when I cheat on my plan, not only do i cheat once, I then feel down about it, cheat again and feel twice as bad.  If you do have a bad hour, don't turn it into a bad day necessarily. Let it go.