Our greatest glory is not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall. Confucius
Yesterday I got up yet again to another grey
morning I had to walk the dog in. I
decided that instead of letting the weather once again filling me with lethargy
I was going to find a way of turning a grey day to silver. I wanted to end the day feeling a lot better
than I started, I’ve struggled with everything over the last 3 or 4 weeks, a
combination of things causing it from not feeling 100% healthwise to making
unwise food choices to the weather. So I
finally realised yesterday I needed to do something and change it.
Obviously I can’t change the weather but I
can change my attitude towards it. I can’t
change the way other people behave but I can change the way I react. I can’t change the food choices I’ve made
over the last month but I can change the food choices I make over the next
month.
I walked the dog and at the same time spent a
lot of time looking around at the beauty that was still there even on a grey
day. I chatted with a friend about a
couple things too, to help straighten them out in my head. Then when I got home I caught up with a
couple of bits of work so I don’t have to rush too much today. Next I had a long hot bath to relax my
mind. Then I spent a few hours going
through a pile of good food magazines looking for new recipes to re-ignite my
eating behaviour. I’ve semi-planned my
meals for the week, what I mean is I’ve picked out some recipes I fancy making
and made a shopping list of foods I enjoy to fill my fridge with, Chicken &
Chorizo Jambalaya being one of them Garlic & Herb Tagliatelle (recipe in
Your Week) being another and I’m finally going to get round to making the curry
butternut squash soup which I blogged last week.
I started with cooking garlic chicken and
vegetables using one of those WW bake in the bags, and served it with couscous –
it was very tasty.
I’ve realised I haven’t been spending time
cooking and enjoying my meals (I’ve just been eating them) and that doesn’t
help my weight because it’s not enjoyable.
I need to enjoy things, I love the lust for life I have, and it’s been
missing a little the last few weeks in everything other than my work, so it’s
time to get it back. I’ve got a fabulous
couple of months coming up, lots going on too, so I need to get myself
energised and ready to do it.
Here's something I
read in a magazine article yesterday and it’s worth a few minutes of your
thinking time.
Imagine your life one
year from now and, if it's unchanged, ask yourself if you're okay with that?
I can honestly say,
apart from my winter blues the last few weeks, the answer to that question is a
big fat YES, I love my life. I’m very
fortunate to have amazing friends and a life that works for me, I’ve made
choices along the way to ensure that life of course, it wasn’t handed to me on
a plate! I then started thinking about
my weight and again, I’d be happy to weigh what I weigh today this time next
year, I wouldn’t be happier to be heavier though, I need to learn to maintain
that weight in a healthier way and if I could lose a few pounds I wouldn’t mind
but at the same time I want eat and be healthy more than I want to weigh a certain
weight.
So if you’re looking
for your motivation to lose weight or make changes in your life ask yourself
“Imagine your life one
year from now and, if it's unchanged, ask yourself if you're okay with that?”
Then if the answer is
NO, work out what needs to happen to make changes.
If you’ve got out of
bed dreading the day, because it’s Monday ask yourself what do I need to
do/change to enjoy Mondays as well as every other day of the week.
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