Yesterday morning I looked back to see what I was doing 12
months ago to the day and smiled when I read and realised it was the
anniversary since I’d fetched Alfie, bless him, he’s still as cute as the day I
picked him up 2 years ago and helps to keep me fit by taking me for a good long
walk each morning. Keeping a blog or
diary is interesting, it’s helped me to notice patterns about myself and to
realise that I feel/behave differently at different times of the year, April is
usually a month of spending time at home, being productive and getting things
done both at home and at work.
Something’s never change though; mom’s just got out of bed
moaning. She does that all the time ;-) and every morning I agree with her and
smile. We all have things in our lives
to be grateful for and she is one of mine, moaning or not!
I’ve smiled a lot this last week, after visiting my brother
last weekend, I realised how much like him I am, probably because everyone kept
telling me! Since I’ve been back home I
keep noticing certain things I do, faces I pull, things I say, and I keep
laughing, looking at mom and saying “I’m turning to Terry ain’t I?” She laughs
and says yes. There’s 8 years between
us, but mom reckons we could have been twins we’re so alike and it wasn’t until
this trip that I remembered how close we were as children and I keep smiling
when I think about it. We’re still alike
now and we seem to be living the same life in different countries, we both get
up early in the morning, walk dogs, go to work and enjoy life. I think I may have already said that in a
previous blog, or at least I’ve thought / said it before! I’ll blame perimenopause for not remembering
whether I’ve already wrote it or not, I plan to blame it for everything for the
next ten years until I go through the change and turn into whatever it is the
menopause turns me into!
I’m going to make a conscious effort, now I’ve stocked up
with all this healthy food to eat more brown rice, brown pasta, lentils and
pulses. Introduce more vegetarian meals
into my life I think, as well as oily fish at least once a week. According to that ‘super foods to boost your
moods’ book I will start to notice the difference very quickly, so we shall
see. I don’t suffer from depression but
I have been getting cranky/ratty when it’s that time of the month these days
(perimenopause that will be ;-) ), so let’s see if it helps that.
Eating better this last week has definitely got rid of my
heartburn/indigestion so that’s one step in the right direction, I’ve heard the
saying “nothing tastes as good as being thin feels” but I beg to disagree, they’ve
obviously never tasted a good bottle of South African Pinotage or a donor kebab
after a night out on the town, or a curry on a Friday night! However I must say I do believe, “nothing tastes
better than feeling well” and that’s why I am doing everything in my power to
ensure I eat well to feel great, which I’d already decided before reading that
book, now having read it I’m even more convinced it’s the only way to go. That’s
why I’m sat here drinking hot water rather than tea because too much tea gives
me heartburn!
YAY it’s Monday we get to start another week, how lucky are
we!
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