Your
outlook affects your outcome. John Paul
Warren
I
had a very different kind of Friday yesterday, spent the day in training then
drove to Manchester Airport to pick my nephew up from the Airport at 1am, so
instead of going home and then driving up about 11ish, I drove up straight from
the training day in Burton and got their about 5 and had 6 hours in a hotel
room (cost me £24 bargain, and saved me adding 100 miles driving to my day),
where I slept and enjoyed the quiet, no everyone’s ideal way to spend a Friday night
but I enjoyed the solitude, especially after all that training and making my
brain work.
I
was reminded of so many things in my training and it was good just to take time
out to think about ideas and what might help me be more productive and better
help my members, when I left I decided to take one thing at a time and work
with it, rather than do my usual trick which is going at it like a bull at a
gate and trying to do it all at once. So
tday I will spend a few hours making notes from my training and also planning what
to do and when.
I
have a habit of taking the all or nothing approach in other areas of my life too
such as my weight loss efforts! Can you
relate to that, I’m either on track OR I’m off track with style! Yesterday made it difficult to be on track
because I was rushing to get to the training in Burton-on-Trent for 10am because
I had paperwork to do first, so I didn’t have any breakfast other than a cup of
tea. As I’m driving the thirty miles I
realise not only haven’t I had breakfast, I’ve got no lunch either and I won’t
be going home so need to think about tea too!
I went to Morrison’s and bought a salad box from their salad counter and
in it put, salad leaves, peppers, tomatoes and a hard boiled egg, then some
celery & raisin salad, 2tbsp of tuna pasta and some couscous. I also bought a cooked chicken and a pack of 6
crusty rolls. I’m quite pleased with
myself because I’ve bought back 5 rolls and over ½ of the chicken, there’s even
a bit of the salad box left. So even
though I hadn’t thought out what I would eat all day, I still managed to choose
wisely, and I did have a couple of treats, I ate 2 biscuits that were with the
tea in the hotel room and a crunchie which I bought at the airport to give me a
sugar boost at 1 am this morning.
Yep
with a bit of thought you can limit the damage in any situation, I’m off for an
Indian meal tonight and I’ve already pre-planned that because otherwise temptation
will rear it’s ugly head, I’ve been planning tonight’s meal all week ;-)
So
back to the idea of taking one thing at a time and working on it each week, it
works, a few weeks ago I went for the eating only good food angle, when I shopped
I only bought non-processed food and for the last two weeks I’ve stuck to
eating good food, and now I’m making those good food choices almost without
thinking about it. I know that would
take longer for most people but my diet was already pretty good to start
with. This week I’ve chosen to cut out
the booze in the house, last Sunday was the last drink I had and I have to say
I haven’t really craved it nor noticed the difference it’s made not having
it. I have probably slept better but
then I’ve been running too which would have helped so it could be either or
both. Yes by focusing on one thing at a
time, permanent long term changes can be made and it doesn’t seem quite so
overwhelming.
I’m going to
take advantage of the fact it isn’t raining right now and walk Alfie, be the
first time this week when we haven’t got soaked! Have a great day, whatever you’ve got
planned. Remember you joined Weight
Watchers because you wanted to lose weight, remind yourself of that when
temptation comes your way today – everything in moderation. x
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