Flexibility....in many ways

This is in light of a few occurrences on my thread on the P90X forum:

The background is that folks' diet got a little lax for more than a day and there was frustration about that

I have to say that, especially after my chat with Michelle (seachelle)--we need to do what makes us happiest. That's not to say that we all bail on Beachbody and their workouts and feeding our bodies just what they need and thrive on....Sometimes relaxing the very strict clean eating is very good for us mentally. The thing that goes so well with a clean diet and active lifestyle is flexibility. In more ways than one....I'm working on learning this....I certainly don't mean to sound hypocritical....but if we all work together, we can all do this.

I'm a VERY firm believer that if you give your body the best fuel it can, it will treat you well. But to get to the point were we start getting ANGRY with ourselves for slipping off the bandwagon.....we can't have the approach that we're in a race for the finish....the finish line is the grave people. If you need a cheat meal once a week, once every other week, once every month, do it. But ALLOW yourself to do it. And then STOP. Don't perpetuate the cycle even further by justifying 'well yesterday....' Right back on because Yesterday is the past. Let's go we have today. We all have bad weeks....we all have bad days....we all have more days than we'd wish that we didn't feel like working out but did anyway and we didn't give it as much as we should have. .... And punishing yourself in the future is going to accomplish what exactly? Back on the band wagon the next day. Come on. Let's go. Use your team, use your support, use your motivations and hop right back up, rely on your friends to brush you off and keep you there.

We can do this....we will do this....we'll all stay on this wagon together. Lean on me and I'll lean on you.