25th
November 2015
“You must
learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.” ~Steve
Maraboli
I cried in my
meeting last night, happy tears, just love it when a member has that 'moment',
that turnaround that has absolutely nothing to do with the numbers. I know it sounds twee and George Benson sang
it first but "learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of
all". Once we've done that, everything
else is so much easier, you don't take care of something you don't love, so eating
healthily just isn't a priority. You can
be healthy at any weight, I know many seriously fit size 16 woman who can run 5
mile a day, I also know quite a few size 8 ladies who can't walk up a flight of
stairs without gasping for breath. Yeah
healthy bodies come in all different shapes and sizes and they are usually
topped off with a healthy mind.
Be nice to yourself
today, make a little time for yourself, be kind, be gentle, focus on the
positives, it makes for a much nicer day I promise.
And talking about
positives, I was overwhelmed with appreciation yesterday as I loaded my car
full of Helping Handbags for the homeless women out there, over 100 handbags
all packed with sanitary and hygiene products were piled into my car (that was a
mini workout carrying them down from my bedroom) and delivered to the
co-ordinator. We both agreed that my
members weren't bothered about them being delivered over Christmas, we want
them out there making a difference now, so they'll be getting distributed this week
to hostels and homeless people and making a difference and that's all thanks to
my amazing members and their generosity.
Then last night when I arrived at my meeting, a lady had seen our event
on Facebook and collected 3 bin bags of filled handbags from her colleagues, so
good! I know there's more to come in and
it's just wonderful, makes me feel truly humble and blessed to live in a world
full of people who do care.
So my pc just
froze, locked me out and I had to reboot, so the next bit I'm about to type
I've already typed once ;-!
I haven't mentioned
soup for at least a day and yesterday I got to try two types, the first being
this recipe;
Thai Butternut
squash soup
Serves 6, 1pp
Calorie controlled
cooking spray
1 onion, roughly
chopped
5cm fresh root
ginger, sliced
2 garlic cloves,
crushed
1 red chilli,
de-seeded and sliced.
1 lemongrass stalk,
sliced
900g butternut
squash, peeled, de-seeded and chopped roughly.
900ml gluten free
vegetable stock
200ml light coconut
milk
Grated zest and
juice of 1/2 lime
Salt & freshly
ground black pepper
3 tablespoons chopped
fresh coriander, to garnish.
Spray a large
lidded saucepan with the cooking spray and cook onions for 2 minutes.
Meanwhile, place
the ginger, garlic, chilli and lemongrass in a small food processor and whizz
until finely chopped (or use a hand-held blender). Add to the saucepan and cook for 1 minute,
stirring.
Add the butternut
squash plus 5 tablespoons of the stock, cover the pan and cook for 5 minutes
over a medium heat.
Pour the rest of
the stock and the coconut milk into the pan and season. Bring to the boil and simmer, covered, for 15
minutes until the squash is soft.
Blend the soup with
the lime zest and juice until smooth.
Serve garnished with coriander.
She
only used 1/2 chilli on the one she made for us to try and that was warm enough
for me, but it was lush. As was the
tomato soup with basil my other member bought in, I didn't get enough of that,
could've eaten it for my lunch. She's
one of those 'no recipe' kind of girls and upon pushing her, she said, I just
put a tin of tomatoes, some fresh tomatoes, water, stock cube, garlic and basil
in. Mmm, I'm betting I could try but it
won't taste the same!
Anyways, time to
get on with my day, I've been and got the packaging off the food from the
kitchen that I intend to have to dinner and I'm going to sit here and work out
the points before starting on my paperwork.
Planning my meals ain't I! BOOM!
Taking care of me
because I matter too! Are you? You know you're worth it BeYOUtiful!
I'm gonna get me a mug of tea too ;)
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