20th April 2013
Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process
life as it is, rather than as you think it should be. Wayne W Dyer
What a beautiful morning it looks out there, I’ve just
got up – late for me but I’m trying to rid myself of this cold so I took night
nurse again to knock me out and guarantee sleep.
Wasn’t particularly productive yesterday, did do a meal
plan for the week ahead although I don’t think I’ll be able to stick to it as I
have to fancy what I’m going to eat, I have however made a list of potential
meals for the next few weeks which will stop me over shopping in the
supermarket when I go for the few things that I do need. I also cooked a whole chicken in the slow
cooker which came out delicious, I added a chopped onion, about 3 bulbs of
garlic didn’t peel them so they were still sweet in their cases, and about 150ml
of pale sherry, wow it was a bit like Nigellas 40 clove of garlic recipe
without all the hassle and extras, will be enjoying some of it today with rice
I think.
I also took mom to McDonalds for her lunch yesterday and
met Lynne for a coffee, I did some major people watching, one kid ate approx
1,800 calories worth of food in less than ten minutes, it took another lad 3
minutes to eat a big mac, then he had another!
It’s okay for some kids to do that occasionally because they’ll burn it
off, the lad with the two burgers had his scooter with him and he’ll be burning
it off playing with his mates. The woman
I watched eating, big mac, large fries and chicken nuggets whilst talking on
the phone is unlikely to burn off the calories she just ate in less than ten
minutes, no attention was being paid to her food at all and if you think it
takes twenty minutes for the brain to realise the stomachs full, it’s no wonder
she had room for the chocolate muffin afterwards! It is very difficult to eat slowly and relax
in McDonalds, it isn’t designed for you to stay really is it being a ‘fast food’
restaurant. I had a big mac and large
fries and a carton of milk (I didn’t track nor count ProPoints at all
yesterday, I was poorly and beyond caring) which added up to 1113 calories or
29pp however you prefer to think about these things – that’s a lot! Especially as because of my cold, I wasn’t
really tasting much and I didn’t burn it off with movement later because we
went home to chill out! It really is
scary how little attention we pay to our food when we’re eating but how easily
we can consume vast quantities of food without realising. If you don’t at the moment, start trying to
pay attention to your food, enjoy and taste the flavours, it’s amazing what you
learn about your tastebuds, it really is.
So I’ve got a cold and I’ve used it as an excuse/reason
to not bother with my tracking, any old excuse ay! But seriously I talked in my blog the other
day about ‘the ideal perfect diet world’ and there really isn’t on, I talk to
so many people who have troubles, struggles, hard times and ‘stuff’ going on in
their lives that at that time the last thing they’re thinking about is
themselves and what they’re eating – eating is just something that gets done eventually
and whatever is to hand. It’s easy for
me to say “Make time” but in reality, it isn’t that easy to do is it. I hear great lines from people occasionally and
they stick with me and one of the better ones was “When life’s hard, weight
loss is hard”, and that is so true, it’s still doable but it’s not as easy. Another line I heard the other day when I was
chatting with a friend about there being so much more to weight loss than the
food we eat, we were discussing how our emotions, moods and life situations
come into play and she said, “losing weight is totally mental”, a
line of genius because it’s so true and has two meanings depending on which way
you want to read it.
Life is never going to be ‘easy’ all the time, and when
you’re struggling for whatever reason, you can only do your best and cope as
best as you are able to, don’t put pressure on yourself for not being
perfect. A bit of self love will do you
much more good than chastising yourself over your inability to stay on
track! When I feel like this, I eat as
well as I possibly can and give myself a break when I don’t manage to.
It’s easy for someone in a good place to offer you advise
and direction but until you are ready, all the advice in the world won’t make a
blind bit of difference.
So wherever you are, however you feel today, do your best
and give yourself a break ;-)
If you’re lucky, life continues regardless, so embrace
each day with gratitude. There are
certain things you can’t change but you can change how you react to them.
BeYouTiful and take care of you. xx
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