Physical: PASS (yoga, but overeating)
Willpower: WIN! (meditation)
Emotional: PASS (cute animal pictures)
Social: WIN! (visiting friends, giving gifts)
Overall: FINE DAY
The main mistake I made yesterday was I overate at supper. I have a tradition of going for Chinese food with my friends every Sunday evening, and we moved that to Saturday this weekend because of Christmas obligations. The food is excellent, which means I tend to overeat.
Just to be clear, because this can be a common philosophical error for people trying to get healthy: I'm not concerned about the overeating because I'm worried about my weight, though I wouldn't mind for that to drop a little bit. Rather, overeating makes me feel bloated and icky. It took several slowly-sipped cups of water and an hour or two of gentle exercise and relaxation to feel good again. Overeating drops my quality of life. I will try to keep that in mind next time I am tempted by tasty, tasty noodles--eat it, enjoy it, but take it easy so you can feel good all evening.
Emotionally I'm still a bit rocky. A deliberate exposure to cute animal gifs was a positive, but I'm still battling a lot of negative feelings and self-image. That'll take some time. I think getting the emotional category into "win" territory is going to be a long-term project. It might even be my primary goal, come to think of it.
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