31st October 2016
Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our hear
rather than a piece of our mind.
My tweak of the week is more fruit and veggies, when I was
poorly last weekend I couldn't stomach any at all so I'm glad to be well again
and enjoying them. Yesterday with
breakfast I had mushrooms and tomatoes, I also had a banana, so there's 3 first
thing. With my Sunday I had carrots,
onions, sprouts and peas, another 4. I
didn't have another meal as I wasn't hungry and went to bed early, but 7 is a
good start for sure! I have a pineapple
in the kitchen needs peeling, I'm hoping it hasn't gone rotten in the middle,
will do that today. I also strangely
woke up fancying a side salad with my lunch, waking up thinking about food,
what's that all about! I'm thinking chorizo penne, it's a simply cook
kit so will only take 20 minutes to knock up, think I have all the ingredients
in too. Need to nip to the shop for the
salad though, got to go to the vets to sort Alfie's pet cover so I can do both
together.
It's foggy out there, that'll be the after effects of all
those fireworks last night! If Alfie
could talk he'd have said "I wish they'd shut up, I'm trying to
sleep!", which was my thoughts
exactly.
I'm drinking lots of water lately, got into the habit when I
was poorly and have carried it on, I bet I had 4 pints yesterday, and I did
post on Facebook, don't tell me you can't drink cold water in the cold weather
if you can drink wine, beer or spirits!
Amazing how we only see the water as too cold to drink isn't it!
I made it through another weekend on track and looking
forward to step on the scales Thursday, I'm chuffed to be in the zone and not
struggling. Especially as it's 54 days
to Christmas, but let's be honest it's the 1st November tomorrow and the party
season will start in December so if you want to feel a little better in time
for that, you need to get doing something now!
I've lost 7lb in 4 weeks and you could do the same, heck you could do
more, let's be honest! Even without
weight loss, wouldn't you feel better entering the Christmas season knowing
you're focusing on the healthy and happy.
Let's do this, my mantra is working for me "I'm doing
this for me", what's your mantra - why are you doing it, or more
importantly if you aren't doing it, why do you want to? As a leader I can't help a member who doesn't
show up, I get so many messages from people saying they need help, then they
don't show up, nothing happens if you don't take that first step.
As the weeks are going on, I'm getting into new routines,
trying to put new habits in place, if I don't want to be tempted by something,
I don't take it home with me - I can't eat what isn't there!
I'm writing in my journal every day, I'm starting day 33,
which makes me smile because I didn't think I could get to day 3 let alone
33! I've also drunk a lot less the last
7 days, I didn't drink at all Monday - Friday, which I have to say I did notice
a difference in myself, when I got to my meeting Saturday morning I was full of
the joys, whereas usually I'm a bit cranky for that first half hour setting up,
my helpers noticed too. I enjoyed a
bottle of red Saturday night and yesterday I had 3 bottles of peroni lager, I
poured the fourth and it's still in the glass ready to go down the sink this
morning, I just wasn't fussed. I think
I've been abducted by aliens and replaced by a tampered with version. Turns out though, I don't need a glass of wine
to chill out at night, I just need to sit down and relax, that works too. Who knew!
My walking is helping me relax far more than the glass of
wine was, because unlike the walk, the wine wasn't always just one, it
sometimes turns into 2 or 3, whereas my walk is never more than I can afford to
do.
Ooo just realised this weigh day I should be in the next
stone bracket down, that'll be worth - I was going to say worth the effort I've
put in, but honestly it's not feeling like an effort at the moment, it's
feeling very natural which I'm so very glad of, I really am.
Apologies if I'm annoying you, I get it, there's nothing
worse than someone on track when you're not, can I say though I'm not feeling
smug at all, I'm feeling lucky, because I know how hard this is, I just started
by faking it till I made it, and know I'm not having to fake it, it's coming
natural. Are you on it, or could you do
with a bit of faking it today?
Either way, smile today, realise you're BeYOUtiful, focus on
the healthy and happy and hey why not throw in a little walk too...