Day One Hundred and Forty-Six - You Response to Defeat Reveals What You Are Made Of

Man it is so easy to get sucked into a basketball game.  Watching Kentucky lose tonight was not fun.  An elite team playing below their potential and talent is hard to do.  You have to give Tennessee credit for their play tonight.  They played great and did everything they needed to do to get the win.  The one group you can't give credit to is the refs.  A good team should always be able to win even when the aren't getting the calls.  Also, you should expect the calls to lean towards the home team (in this case Tennessee).  You never expect it to be as lopsided as it was tonight. 

This is true in life.  Sometimes things just won't go your way.  There will be days when despite your best efforts, you just won't be able to get a win.  There will be distractions and road blocks at every turn.  Just like Kentucky tonight, if you don't stick to your processes, those opposing factors will defeat you.  The key is going to be in how you bounce back from a loss.  For UK, that opportunity will be against a very good Kansas team this Saturday.  For you and I, maybe it's doing a better job meal planning or scheduling time to work out.  Maybe it's fighting harder to turn down temptations.  It may be something difficult or something very simple.  Regardless, it's our response to a loss that reveals what we're made of.  Will you collapse and fail to bounce back when the next opportunity arises, or remember your processes and rise to the occasion?  I'm sticking to the processes that have got me through so far, and I'm losing my butter half!

Calories were good today.  I didn't hit my calorie goal because I just didn't eat food with high enough calories.  Sometimes that happens, but I have to make sure days like that are few and far between.  I'm grateful for another good workout this evening.