Hip+Fit: Falling off the Wagon

Well, it's been one week of Hip+Fit and I already fell off the wagon.

After that article about alcohol, I've been avoiding drinking. I even went to a bar and didn't have one sip of alcohol to drink. But Thursday after my belly dancing class, I went over to a friends to have one beer and...

It's like that commercial about good choices. I wish I could think of the product being promoted, but essentially it's a woman in split screen, making one bad choice on one side that leads to a bunch of more bad decisions, whereas on the other side she makes a good decision and continues to be healthy.

At first, the advertising major in me raised an eyebrow at that ad. I didn't believe it at all.

But last night I realized that making good decisions makes it easier to keep making good decisions, and vice versa. I had a one beer on thursday which led to three, then on Friday I had fast food, and Saturday I didn't work out like I'd planned, and so on.

Yesterday, I felt sick so I skipped my normal morning coffee. I had life cereal. For lunch, I opted for sushi. Dinner, I made some spanish rice and samosas. Then, my boyfriend asked me if I wanted a beer with dinner. I thought back to the good decisions I'd made during the day, and said no. Then, I woke up this morning and went for a run.

Of course, this is barely more than a day of good decisions, but it really made me believe in the steamroll effect of good life decisions, and just how easy it can be to get off track.