I'm baaaack. I was just wondering, with xmas coming up, in the back of your mind are you reasoning to yourself that you don't think you'll be finished refeed by then? I only say that, because I have allowed that sort of thing to affect my commitedness to Cohens in the past. If that is the case, why not cross that bridge when you come to it. Keep control of the situation. Do what you can until then. Afterall, you would likely be at goal by then. Plan for what you think is a reasonable expectation for YOURSELF over the holiday period. Then, see where you're at. If you are at goal, or close to it, the motivation may be stronger to keep on going. At most, you may put on a couple of kgs. It's not the end of the world. You will still be ahead of your game. Don't throw in the towel now, and set yourself back even more. If you take all things into consideration, you could be finished everything in January. Whenever in January it doesn't matter. Of course December would be great, but don't stress about it. What a way to begin 2010. I'll still be going well into next year, and still not confident over summer to wear a swimsuit.
One more thing that may help with your head. They always say think like a thin person. We think people are naturally thin, but most have to work at it. They have good habits in place which comes as 2nd nature to them. One of those habits is that if they eat something they didn't plan, they don't throw up their hands and think "Oh I'm destined to be a fat person for the rest of my life" They see for the reality it is, and go back to what they were doing. It's barely even a hiccup. That's the thinking we will have to learn eventually if we want to succeed. I'd rather start learning it on the journey, than wait until I'm at goal, and try to learn it then, and probably not be able to. Use this time as you learning. If you were going for a degree and were close, and failed one thing, you wouldn't give up. Why is this less important? Would you give up on you children if they made a mistake? Don't sell yourself short. You are worth more than that love.
There will always be social things. Use them as a training ground NOW. If it doesn't go to plan, train your thinking to deal with it in a positive way. Don't view it as all or nothing. When we do that, we end up with nothing.
It's never too late, and we are never set back too far, to not get up and keep trying. Don't stay on the ground.
(Oh and all the other days of course, but especially today)