Wednesday 12th March 2014
Pressure makes diamonds!
I’ve been sat here for 5 minutes thinking what to write,
my minds a bit empty this morning which is probably the first time it’s been
that calm in a good while. I’ve just had
a cracking night’s sleep, I’ve woke up with very little pain and I feel chilled
out this morning. I think after last week’s
crazy, I’ve decided to go back to the thought pattern that what will be will be
and everything happens for a reason.
I like my life simple, as none of us really know the true
meaning of life, we all get to decide what it means to us, and for me I decided
that I quite like the easy, uncomplicated, chilled life. I like to help others through my work and I’ve
realised that to help myself this simple life is what I enjoy. The important things in my life are of course
my mom, my dog, my family and friends, the things I enjoy all centre around my
home, gardening, cooking, eating, drinking wine, walking the dog to name but a
few. I get great satisfaction from my
job and these days it’s even better because it means I don’t have to be away
from the house for more than 4 hours at a time, that’s helpful at the moment.
I’m like this idea of focusing on the positives because it’s
true the negatives do tend to suck and the more you think about the negatives
or the ‘what ifs’ the more of those negatives you can find!
There are
usually both positive and negative aspects to most situations, remember though
we get to choose which ones we will focus on. If you can catch yourself when you're being
negative and change it to thinking the opposite. No it’s not easy, it’s particularly hard when
you have people round you who are being negative, but heck be the change!
If you
think about it, there’s no point in worrying about the negatives if they cannot
be changed. There are some parts of life that are "unfair", that’s
just life it can suck sometimes but it’s still better than the alternative! Let’s stop wasting our energy and happiness on
the things we can't change, we'll only make ourselves more frustrated.
Of course
you can use this thought pattern with any part of our lifes, even our weight
loss efforts, sometimes it’s really easy to stay on track, everything just
clicks into place and we’re happy and losing weight and it’s all just grand.
Other
times, ‘stuff’ happens, moods change, life gets in the way and we start to
struggle with our weight loss efforts, it’s just one more thing to think about! Maybe in the past you’ve used it as an excuse
to give in and go back to old way, instead why not identify that there is a
problem firstly, work out what it is, accept it’s happening and then decide how
to handle it.
Change
your goals for a few weeks if necessary, accept that expecting a weight loss at
this time maybe isn’t realistic without effort that you maybe haven’t got, that
doesn’t mean you can do some positive things to help keep you on the healthy
and happy path.
For me
this week it’s just to track and get my head back into focusing on the filling
and healthy, I’ve needed to shop but I wanted to use what was in the fridge
because of mom being in hospital that wasn’t used last week. I also have a 10% discount for Morrisons
today so I didn’t want to not use that!
Therefore my short term goal since the weekend was to eat what I had
making it as healthy as possible.
Today I
feel in a better place to start eating and filling in a tracker that will give
me a weight loss next week. Goals give
us a more positive outlook on life. People who are bored with life and feel
stuck can find that they’re feeling down or depressed. Setting goals helps
people move forward.
If I’d
have set myself a goal to lose weight last week, I’d have ended up disappointed,
so I gave myself a goal I could achieve, if we start with small goals, slow and
steady wins the race remember – we don’t have to shoot for the moon
immediately!
Get
support and feedback, that’s why Weight watchers works, it helps to get advice,
suggestions, guidance and it’s ok to take your time getting to your goals, it’s
not a race, it’s a journey – just as our lives change, our goals do too.
Most importantly
don’t ever be afraid of failure, we all makes mistakes, we all fall down occasionally,
it’s getting back up that matters.
Expect to success and don’t be afraid of failure, then you have the best
chance of staying positive.
So my
positives from yesterday included, I ate veggies with every meal, I also
enjoyed some amazing smoked haddock. One
of my members achieved her goal weight and she’d been fighting that last pound
for weeks! I managed to have a lovely
walk with my dog in beautiful sunshine in the middle of a very full, busy
day. I ended my day having a giggle with
my mom as she’s back to her old self, being naughty with her comments on
people, life and stuff ;-)
Let’s
have a positive day BeYOUtiful xx
Eat
Gorgeous & focus on the healthy & happy!
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