30th
July 2018
Sometimes I
look at you and I wonder how I got to be so damn lucky (should be what you say
when you look in the mirror!)
I read an
article in the latest Weight Watcher magazine yesterday about what differences
28 days of eating healthy make (read it, it’s good), then I keep seeing “I got
my energy back” all over the internet from people who’ve lost weight. I’ve woke up this morning feeling like Gollum
with all my aches and pains, I reminded myself I had to sit down in the kitchen
to chop all my veggies for my stew yesterday (oh it’s an epic beef stew by the
way, I’ll mostly be doing No Count today so I can graze on it throughout the
day). Then whilst reading the Sunday papers
(well the mags, I don’t read the papers, mom reads some of them to me!) I came
across two really healthy looking cheap meals which I’ll share below in a
bit. Add to that the post saying 22
weeks to Christmas and how much you could lose by then! Oh and if you’re curious at 1/2lb a week it’s
11lb, 1lb a week is 1st 8lb, 2lb a week 3st 2lb. You shouldn’t be aiming for more than ½ - 2lb
a week as that’s a healthy weight loss, we want to be losing fat not muscle!
Anyway all
this has got me to thinking maybe I’m going to use the month of August as an
experiment and see if I can notice all those differences mentioned in that
article. I think a small part of me is
scared to have too much energy because what will I do with it? There’s only so much I can do whilst I can’t
leave mom, but I’m sure I’d rather have that problem than be tired. So here goes….
A month to
make a difference, I’m not waiting till the 1st, I can start
today. The first thing I’ve done is gone
into my online shop which was coming tomorrow and emptied the basket so I can
start over because my choices were all delicious but not necessary conducive to
losing a few pounds. Oh and sis if you’re
reading this, you’re getting back on track too!
Anyone fancy joining us, you’re
welcome and remember,
You’ll have
Good days
Bad days
Overwhelming days
Too tired days
I’m awesome days
Why do I bother days
I got this days
I don’t got this days
I can’t go on days
And every
day you’ll still show up and strut your stuff because the truth is, you’ve
survived every day like these so far! Plus let’s keep reminding ourselves it’s just
for 4 weeks and your new mantra is
Keep going
Keep going
Keep going
Keep going
Keep going
Keep going
Keep going
Keep going
Keep going
Keep going
Has that
sunk in yet? 28 days, by the end of today, it’ll be 27 days. I know so many people who need to do this
right now, I suppose I should say ‘want’ not ‘need’ but when I talk to them,
for their own self-belief and self-esteem it’s a ‘need’ not a ‘want’. I don’t want to do it! I do WANT to see if it makes a difference to
how I feel when I get out of bed in a morning though, how I feel going to bed
too and how I feel in the hours in-between!
I’m 48, feeling like I’m 58 and acting like I’ll 68, it needs to stop, I
can’t put me on hold because of mom.
Yesterday wasn’t the greatest day, there were tears in our house and I
know if I was feeling stronger in myself, I’d have handled that situation
better so there’s another reason.
Today’s my
day off, I’m going to get me a pad and pen and put together some meal ideas
then redo my shopping list to reflect my healthy menu. No Count will do me good today, the stew won’t
be eaten with a shedload of bread and butter because I don’t have much bread
left to tempt me. The goal is ‘healthy’,
yes a bit of weight loss added to it would be nice but that’s not my ultimate
goal, I want to feel well, alert and alive!
Right day 1
of a month to healthier, let’s have ya.
Oh those
recipes I was talking about, they’re from Miquel Barclay’s new book Super Easy
One Pound Meals, I liked them also because they serve 1, but just looking at
them, they’d need major tweaking as the first ones at least 20SP! I’ll not bother sharing them after all as we’re
on a 28 days of healthy, where’s my water?
Catch ya tomorrow BeYOUtiful, here’s to working
on a healthy life and having a very great day.
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