My Vacation Break-Up with Mangoes and Pecans
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My Vacation Break-Up with Mangoes and Pecans

Inviting Failure Foods into My Life

As I said in my Facebook and Instagram post, dried mangoes and pecans caused too much drama this week. I need to cut these ties for awhile.

To be fair, this drama is caused by my own design. Of course, I have a success plan. But, an important part of my success plan is that I also have a failure plan.

Part of how I succeed is that I always have failure foods at home. These are my off-ramp foods—foods good enough to go off-track with but mild enough to make getting back on-track possible.

Keeping failure foods on-hand is counter-intuitive and may go against the advice of experts. But, this journey is an individual one, and this is my journey.

I live in a house full of food triggers that I no longer eat. And, if I did eat them, I would have skyrocketing failure — a degree of failure with which I have a lifetime of experiences. This is a way of life I no longer want.

My failure foods have kept me in check so far. Without salt, oil, and sugar in my life, I live an all-or-nothing life.

Failure foods help me avoid the all-or-nothing mindset that comes with this all-or-nothing life. This is important for my success.

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Transforming the Shadows of Failed New Year’s Resolutions
My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Failure, Taking Action, Decision to Change, Perfectionism, Avoiding All-or-Nothing Thinking, Plan for Failure, Failed New Year's Resolutions, Transform Tania Lyon My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Failure, Taking Action, Decision to Change, Perfectionism, Avoiding All-or-Nothing Thinking, Plan for Failure, Failed New Year's Resolutions, Transform Tania Lyon

Transforming the Shadows of Failed New Year’s Resolutions

When I started planning my weight loss, all-or-nothing thinking emerged as one of the biggest reasons around my history of failed New Year’s resolutions.

For me, a New Year’s resolution was always worded in an all-or-nothing mindset and behavior. Over the years, my resolutions usually included variations of the following themes.

  • I will lose weight.

  • I will eat healthy foods.

  • I will avoid unhealthy foods.

  • I will exercise.

But, my resolutions never took failure into account.

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