One of the things we say here is "Progress, not perfection". Perfection can be so deadly. I spent so many years trying to be perfect, not with the program, but in my life, so that people wouldn't criticize me, and they criticized me anyway, and I ended up hating myself because I wasn't perfect. I was so much harder on myself than I ever was on anyone else. Perfectionism sucked all the joy out of life, too.

Doing the food helped me relax about that. I know I can never be perfect, no matter how hard I try, so I just do the best I can.
Allison

: Hello all, Journal has pointed me
: toward my problem with
: perfectionism. there is a link to
: sugar sensitivity, I've seen
: testimonials that say
: perfectionism gets better as Steps
: progress. But I also use it as an
: excuse, like I'm not perfect with
: journal so can't progress to step
: 3. Or I give up too quickly if I
: miss 1/2 day, then next day skip
: the entire day.

: But there is hope! Breakfast is now
: solid, and my inner rebel doesn't
: protest. A few days breakfast was
: a bit late, but I was back on
: track the next day because my body
: wants that breakfast. I have
: embraced it now, so I think step 2
: will be the same. I'm still
: learning, after all.

: KirAnn