Good Morning! Day 3 and time to confess. Did I mention that I did not expect this journey to be easy? It is not. So far I have completely flubbed the whole diet thing. My excuses were in high gear and they won over. Let's just say bad habits are hard to break, I pretty much ate everything that was not on my list. Now the old me would have thrown up my hands and said, yeah well, it's just not for me, or "I'll just start again on Monday" and go the whole week binging on all things unhealthy, like a true addict would. This week is devoted to breaking bad habits so I need to accept that I am not perfect, that it has taken a long time to build these habits and it will take a long time to break them. The most important thing that I can do at this point is learn and keep moving forward.
Last night I had a serious pep talk with myself about not giving up. I needed to draw more strength from my mind and spirituality. Today I feel a bit stronger, but I still have that little voice telling me to wait until Monday...eat a cupcake...you know you want to. Yes a cupcake for breakfast! Why not, you already "messed up" right? Oh no you don't...NOT TODAY!!!
So as I am a firm believer in living within natures rythyms...turns out today, tomorrow and Friday are all very strong days to break bad habits. Saturday our moon goes into Taurus and is a great day to start things that will last and be hard to alter. Have you ever heard someone say, "It's meant to be, all the planets were aligned perfectly.", well that would be now. I know, I know...sounds completely hokey and weird, right? It's not as weird as you think. We are all affected by our environment, by the pull of the moon, etc. It's when we do things against nature that we see negative side effects. That's why eating seasonal is so important to regulate our bodies natural environmental rythyms. I think that without a strong connection to our mind, body, and spirit we will never truly achieve complete balance and success. So once again, it all comes down to breaking the barriers that stand between me and what I believe in. Now, not later, not before, is the only time I have to be successful.
All the same rules apply here. I need to remember to start writing in a food journal. That is soooo important to this process. Paper and pen....check....mental preparedness.....check...ok..let's go.
Mind, Body, Spirit check:
Mind: I feel like a little battle is raging on inside my brain, but it feels like the good is winning this one. I see more good in this process...really all good, and very little bad...those cupcake images are starting to fade.
Body: Extremely tired today and foggy headed...probably due to the poor diet and staying up late to watch Gidget Goes to Hawii....(no idea how that happened)
Spirit: All the planets aligned in my favor? Oh yeah!
On a side note...I decided to weigh myself again since I consider today to be a restart day and I am down 2 pounds....probably due to all the walking...hey I'll take it.
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