14th December 2014
When life puts you in tough situations, don’t say “why me”,
say “try me”.
Got my pc back but it’s not well, its tired, old, hasn’t
taken care of itself really so it’s being put aside for a brand spanking new
one! YAY excited, that’s my Christmas
gift to me, I ummed and aaahhhed about spending so much on one but then something
my best mate reminded me off that happened last year made me realise I spend
money on others without a second thought but when it comes to something for me,
I tend to be more cautious. So I went
into full sod it mode yesterday and there were no ProPoints involved, I ordered
me an all singing, all dancing on with a nice big monitor – woo hoo and I can
have it next week, although it’ll have to wait to the weekend because they need
my computer back to transfer all the files and I can’t live without this one in
the week. So I’m a very happy girl if
not a snotty one still, I do feel better in myself though, typical cold gets
worse as night time comes.
Right today I need to do stuff, I’ve been putting it off
for a while, but those gifts need wrapping, my office needs clearing ready for
the new computer, otherwise there’s nowhere to put it, as I’m keeping this one
too. What else do I need to do, oh yeah
a couple of work projects to get stuck into, I’ll enjoy them more than cleaning
for sure.
I read this article yesterday http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2870025/The-true-cost-treating-One-mince-pie-45-minutes-jog-Christmas-dinner-13-MILES.html
he totally missed the point of Christmas I thought, especially with a
line like “Mr Hart advises swapping mince pies for six
squares of dark chocolate’, he’s completely missed the point of
Christmas, the emotions, the feelings, the memories that come from eating the
mince pie in the first place! 6 pieces
of chocolate would not for me bring back the memories of our Christmas holiday
in Abercastle with my mom, brother Terry and his wife Alexis, just that one
minced pie would trigger an entire week of memories for me, from our shopping
trip for food to us waving them off on the last day knowing we’d still got
another week to enjoy the coastline.
Nope 6 pieces of chocolate wouldn’t do that, but one homemade mince pie
would for sure! Food isn’t just about
what it tastes like is it, that’s why weight loss isn’t so easy, because it’s
emotional as well as nutritious and we use it for so many things from
distracting us, to comforting us, to bringing back memories. Yes our relationship with food is a complex one
for sure and our eating habits can most certainly be governed by emotions and
if we really do want to change our relationship with food for good we have to
start to accept and address that fact.
We can’t ignore that side of it and just count the ProPoints in a food
and track for a few months ignoring all the emotional side of it, because that
pattern will most likely only work when you’re in a certain head space and as
soon as you have a wobble, you’ll start going the other way.
So instead of fretting about Christmas this year and the
fact that you’ve been overindulging a little bit more than you feel you should,
acknowledge the reasons why you’re doing it and they can be anything from “it
was there”, “I haven’t had one for so long and they’re soooooo good” to “because
I feel unhappy that I’ll be alone this Christmas”, or “because I wish I was
alone this Christmas” We are all so very
different, and Christmas can be a tough emotional time if you’ve lost a loved
one, or if you’re just not happy with the reflection in the mirror. We’re emotional creatures and the sooner we
learn to embrace and feel those emotions the easier this weight loss thing gets
because we see why we’re behaving in certain ways.
Get to know yourself BeYOUtiful, stop eating those emotions;
you’ll be glad you did.
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