11th August 2014
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ve never have
it. If you don’t ask, the answer is
always no. If you don’t step forward,
you’re always in the same place. Nora
Roberts.
Good morning world it’s a brand new day, did you see that
Super Moon last night, how incredible was that, I don’t know what the forecast is
for today, but at the moment it looks lovely and bright out there so in a
moment I’m going to make me a cuppa and go sit outside for half hour, enjoy my
garden and take it all in, my office and my garden are the two places I feel at
peace no matter have crazy busy my life can get. I look forward to writing my blog in a
morning in my office, it helps set me up for the day and I always look forward
to sitting in my garden and relaxing, it’s almost like there’s a button that
gets switched when I go sit out there that doesn’t happen if I sit in the living
room.
So here’s a few questions to ask yourself that were prompted
by a book I was reading yesterday; what do you look forward to doing every day
of your life? Do you even enjoy your
life or feel like you are constantly ‘having to’ do stuff? If all you have to look forward to at the end
of your day is food and eating it’s not surprising you have a weight
problem. If you feel like your day is
filled with you constantly giving and doing for others and you’ve no time left
for yourself, no wonder when you get home exhausted you head to the kitchen to
‘have something nice’ for yourself.
What’s the solution?
Well you could look for some none food related things to look forward
too, they don’t have to be expensive, extravagant experiences, it might just be
making time to have a nice long bubble bath and taking half hour for yourself,
or sitting down with a magazine and a cup of coffee for a ten minute chill out
mid morning. Make time for you because
you’re important too, give yourself permission to be indulgent, have something
to look forward to every day so you actually want to get out of bed! There are lots of reasons we turn to food and
this is one of them, an interesting one I think because I do know so many
people who seem to be the ‘doers’ and never the takers or makers of their own
pleasure apart from eating.
I think we all do this sometimes don’t we, had a bad day –
eat to cheer ourselves up, someone upsets us – eat to feel better, and so it
goes. I don’t have any magic solutions I’m
afraid but realising we do it helps with how we start to undo it. If you notice when you’re about to go eat for
an emotional rather than a physical reason you can start to question why and if
it’s worth it.
We had a delicious salmon dinner yesterday, so today we
shall be having chicken – I love eating I do, but I do seem to be able to stop
myself from overeating to excess most of the time now. Still have my moment though, usually hormones
are part of the reason but it’s getting better because I’m noticing the
patterns and anticipating my behaviour.
Having only good food in my cupboards helps enormously, I know if I’d
have had a drawer full of Walkers Cheese and Onion crisps, or salted peanuts in
the cupboard last night, I’d have eaten them, no I wasn’t emotional, I was hormonal
hungry, hence the reason there weren’t any of those types of food in the
cupboard so that I wasn’t tempted. I
know I’m not that strong to resist at that time of the month but I can’t eat
what isn’t there, I’m not one for testing my willpower when I don’t have to!
So today, I’m thinking chicken stuffed with St Agur
cheese wrapped in chorizo and ham served on a bed of brown rice mmm nice. I need to sit and think about some quick tea
ideas for work nights, so that I’ve got it in my head ready or even in the
fridge ready – that’d be even better, it’s the one meal that can catch me out
so it’s the one I’m going to put some thought into.
After a few crazy Weight Watcher work weeks, I’m getting
back to my normal 45 hours a week which means I can fit everything else in as
well, who knows I might even get some cleaning of the house done today ;) that’ll
depend on the weather thought, rain means there’s a good chance of housework,
sunshine means not a hope in hell!
On that note have a BeYOUtiful day, focus on the healthy
and happy and take care of you. xx
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