Al Chet: a Weight Watchers Confessional

During the High Holidays, Jews do sincere self assessment, cheshbon hanefesh and we confess our mistakes in the Al Chet prayer.  This is my Weight Watchers Al Chet:

For the mistake of Mindlessly eating

For the mistake of Thinking it's all about the # at the scale

For the mistake of Forgiving others and not myself

For the mistake of Allowing others to bully me into eating

For the mistake of Letting my emotions overrun my carefully laid out plan

For the mistake of Eating in front of the TV

For the mistake of Choosing Facebook over reparative sleep

For the mistake of Falling back into old habits 

For the mistake of Forgetting to return to what works

For the mistake of Not taking the first step

For the mistake of Thinking I was over my struggles with food

For the mistake of Not celebrating another's weight loss success because of my own jealousy

For the mistake of Throwing out the whole day for one blunder

For the mistake of Not translating a mistake into a learning opportunity

For the mistake of Saying I will start on Monday

For the mistake of Not loving myself

For the mistake of Avoiding the scale when I know I have a gain and don't want to face my disappointment

For the mistake of Impatience with myself

For the mistake of Skipping meetings

For the mistake of Losing sight of all I have accomplished

For the mistake of Eating when I'm not hungry

For the mistake of Brushing off a compliment

For the mistake of Forgetting gratitude for my food

For the mistake of Comparing myself to others

For the mistake of Settling for what I have always done

For the mistake of Complacency in my workout 

For the mistake of Trying to game the plan instead of trying to eat for my needs

For the mistake of not working out because I only have 20 minutes

For the mistake of waking up after eating half of the bag, and finishing the whole bag

For the mistake of Not thinking I am worthy

For all these,  and more, God of forgiveness,  forgive us, pardon us, atone for us. Help us to be more mindful, patient, compassionate so that we can eat to live and sustain ourselves with gratitude.