Sunday night, I was watching a cooking challenge show on the Food Network channel.  It was an Ice Cream challenge. 

One of the challengers got distracted and forgot an ingredient, she added it, but much later in the process than planned. 
She was going to serve it with ganache cigars, and a chocolate pudding. 
The ganache was too soft, the pudding didn’t thicken and of course the Ice Cream wasn’t what she had planned. 
She had all the ingredients; it just wasn’t going to look right. 
She quit, dropped out of the challenge, even though the judges wanted her to stay in it, wanted her to submit the foods for the challenge. 

By giving up she showed a huge weakness, that she wasn’t willing to put herself out there.  She wouldn’t try a different presentation, something, anything, to stay in the game. 

It spoke volumes to me and reminded me of my own and many others weight loss journeys.  When it isn’t going just perfect, do you just give up, throw in the towel? 
If you do that, or when you do that, how does it work for you?  What do you get from that? 

For me, I know that I have envisioned how I wanted some party or meal to go and I didn’t follow my original plan.  Instead of quitting, I reevaluate and make different choices throughout the rest of the party or meal. 

If your weight loss journey isn’t going as you planned, reevaluate and revise your plan. 
The path doesn’t always go straight, there are many curves, the key is to accept those curves and adjust your journey. 

You can’t succeed if you quit in the middle of the game.