I still plan to «breastfeed» my third child as much as I can, but at least this time around I won't
beat myself up about it so much.
But instead
of beating myself up about it (or forcing myself to engage) I chose to embrace the quiet time and spend the holidays tuned - in to my friends and family instead of trying to «share» what I was doing.
Perfectionism is ultimately a motivation killer because when you inevitably have an off day, or you compare yourself to someone else who's fitter or thinner than you, you'll wind up spending more
energy beating yourself up about it than actually working toward your own goals.
The point here is that rather than accepting someone else's rules, failing to stick to them and
then beating yourself up about it, you should make practical changes to your eating that you can realistically live with.
Of course we are switching over to formula — I will not starve my baby — , and although I have moments
of beating myself up about it, I know it is okay.
I
stopped beating myself up about it and began to turn to more pre-made baby food because let's face it, I was wasting a lot of perfectly good food that was getting rejected on a regular basis.
If you've already procrastinated, you're more likely to get started on time going forward if you show yourself some compassion for your previous slacking rather than
beating yourself up about it.
We eat vegetarian the majority of the time, but if we do want to eat something meaty, we are not going to
beat ourselves up about it.
There are days when I don't exercise or get outside but I try to not
beat myself up about it.
Don't
beat yourself up about it — plenty of great seasons to come!
(You should get 6 planks, but if you get 5 or 7, don't
beat yourself up about it.)
And not just that he expected more from himself, especially in terms of finding the back of the net, but that he puts a lot of pressure on himself to perform and so when it does not happen for one reason or
another he beats himself up about it more than any of us fans do, as his comments on the Arsenal website this week suggest.
Don't feel bad or
beat yourself up about it.
It's also worth remembering that even the great designers had to start somewhere and the majority of readers probably don't have a whole room dedicated to crafting either, so don't
beat yourself up about it.
I've accepted this as part of parenthood, and I try not to
beat myself up about it.
TRISA: You know, while I was in that room, there were other moms that will come in and out and you know, I had two they were just as frustrated and then it's like, you know, I'm encourage and stay on top of it but don't
beat yourself up about it because the more you beat yourself up about it the hard it's going to be for you to pump.
If you do let an expletive slip every now and then, don't
beat yourself up about it.
- Tracy Cassels of Evolutionary Parenting The problem comes when there are additional «
beat myself up about it» and «think and rethink and think some more about how terrible I am» responses to guilt.
I beat myself up about it for weeks.
Because my son was starving, I would give him formula and
beat myself up about it.
Before I go any further let me just say, if in these early days you find breastfeeding is not for you after all, try not to
beat yourself up about it.
Here is a list of some of the things that may give you a pregnancy guilt trip, and more importantly, why you shouldn't
beat yourself up about it.
I started supplementing at 3 weeks and gave up around 4 months,
beating myself up about it every day.
Don't
beat yourself up about it!
I have to say that having disposables overnight and for those days or weeks when everything is crazy or everyone is sick is worth having (no need to
beat yourself up about it).
We carry this parental voice inside our minds so when we make mistakes as adults we end up
beating ourselves up about them, instead of compassionately forgiving ourselves.
Also if you have had a birth or two that did not end up very naturally, don't
beat yourself up about it.
Don't
beat yourself up about it and don't let other people!
Yet, chock - full of imperfections as I am, I can't exactly say I'm
beating myself up about it.
I don't
beat myself up about it - but each time it happens I think to myself «This isn't really worth it» and try to remember that feeling next time I'm about to eat something that I know my body won't like.
Indulge on occasion and don't
beat yourself up about it.
And as hard as it might be to not
beat yourself up about it.
When we go on «diets» — let's say the Atkins Diet — and we don't eat carbs for weeks, but then break down and eat a muffin... We may
beat ourselves up about it, but it's not the end of the world.
don't
beat yourself up about it.