[/caption]This has become one of most often-used excuse for everything from overeating to goofing off. And I don't want to hide behind that one. That said, there is one area of my diet/eating style that befuddles me: If I am successful in keeping my food/eating commitments for even a single day, I assume an attitude of "Gee, that was easy!" and conclude that since it was no big deal, I can do it again at anytime, and therefore can go ahead and indulge. That, of course, doesn't help, because it produces the logical next feeling of guilt. There, I did it again! I'm no good, I can't stick to it, it's bigger than I am. I wrote the book on focusing on things other than food or eating; focusing on gratitudes; on friends and relationships; on hobbies and pastimes. And yet, here I am being "human." I despise that excuse, because it is so final, so definitive: In effect, being human is all we can be. We will never be anything but human. Does that limit us? It shouldn't. On the contrary - being human is an inspired, evolved existence, one that should propel us to be better than simple automatons in the way we conduct ourselves in relation to our environment, in the way we behave, in our choices. Indeed, as humans, we have choices that go beyond our baser instincts, therefore, being human elevates us, rather than condemns us to an existence of simply responding to our urges.
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