28th December 2014
You'll turn out ordinary if you're not careful. Ann Brashares
Mushrooms! I have an
abundance of mushrooms in my fridge, I've still not got that online ordering
perfected so today I will mostly be finding something to do with them! That's sounds like a very stressful day
doesn't it, nope it isn't and I have no plans to do anything stressful for the
rest of this year. Without dwelling
because I don't like to do that, this time last year everything turned horrid
my mom was ill all day and ended up in hospital in the early hours of the
morning on the 29th, the following days were dreadful, all very stressful
driving from one side of Wales to another and not knowing if I'd be able to get
her home any time soon. Thankfully she's
changing her diet and she's much better these days, it's the main reason we haven't
had a houseful of junk in the house this Christmas, food is not worth those
after effects!
Well just as a reminder the universe sent me a bit of a
shock last night as we were going to bed, poor Alfie fell down the stairs from
top to bottom, he seems ok, if not a little shocked, so I'll see how he is
today and if need be, I'll take him to vets for a check up. I don't know who was more surprised him or
mom, she watched it happen. See things
can happen in the blink of an eye and that's why you must enjoy every moment,
forgive loved ones and embrace life, because you just never know.
The best line I read on Facebook yesterday was "It's
all fun and games until your jeans don't fit!" Now this is possibly the truest statement
ever but what we mustn't do is panic.
I've noticed everyone starts to panic, suddenly they realise they've
been enjoying the over-indulging just a little bit too much and they try to
lose a stone in a day! It doesn't work,
unfortunately you can't burn it off as quickly as you can consume it, it's not
that simple. You can only get back to
healthy and accept that it'll come off in its own time as you continue to eat
well.
So how do we stick with it, how do we stay motivated? It's different for each of us, I've realised
for me personally, if I don't plan on eating it, I can't have it in the
house. My resist temptation buttons
broke, if it's there - I eat it, does that make me weak and lacking willpower,
erm regarding food yeah it does, or you could say it makes me strong to realise
and admit it. I can't resist certain
foods at this time so we're not going to have them in the house, unfortunately
that includes bread so once there's space in the freezer, I shall buy a loaf
for mom to freeze for her to make toast and we won't have any fresh bread for
me to pick at, just until I've broke that habit again. I might even resort to shopping every few
days once all the existing foods gone, maybe if I take away all the choice,
I'll find it easier to get back on track properly. 2014 has probably been the hardest year for
me from a weight control point of view, I've found it difficult and I know that
started because I was worried about mom what happened 12 months ago today
continued for months afterwards with hospital stays, planned operations, blood
transfusions, it was just a really worrying time for us both and I stopped
thinking about what I was eating.
So I know everyone says it but 2015 is going to be
different, yes things happened, yes our lives are different, so we've adjusted
and now to tweak it so I get my waist back! ;-)
Well mushroom recipes you'd want to cook aren't easy to
find! So after everything I've just said,
I've decided to have mushrooms on tiger bread, I bought me a loaf to have over Christmas
and it's one of those part baked which we haven't had yet, so that's my
breakfast today, bacon and mushroom with crusty bread. See if you dissect that, it's not a bad meal,
everything in moderation. The entire loaf according to the nutritional
information is 24pp, it's 360g, I'm not planning on eating it all! Mushrooms are zero, so that'll balance out
the bacon ;-)
I'm not stressing over weight loss this week, I'm enjoying
my first holiday of 2014, I didn't enjoy 2014's new year, I plan on enjoying
2015's new year, by enjoying I don't mean overeating/overdrinking, I mean
having a relaxed week where I'm not worrying about what the scales might say on
my first weigh in of next year. I'm 45
in January, I've been watching my weight on and off since I was 18, I'm not
worried, I know when I set my mind to it, I can lose weight. I'm happy in the knowledge I already lead a
healthy lifestyle with a happy dose of excess.
For me, it's all about balance and self-love, because if you love
something, you generally take care of it, so this week I'm chilling and
spoiling me a little then next week, I'll be restricting the bread intake
because I care about myself enough to want to take care of myself.
That's my take on it all anyway, so I'm off to make my mom
breakfast in bed, to read my book and generally relax, oh and of course have bacon
and mushrooms on a crusty bit of bread mmm.
Happy days!
Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.
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