We are one week into the New Year already, and as it unfolds my goals for the year are becoming clearer.
As part of my goal for the New Year, I want to de-stress, simplify my life, be true to my inner self and get back to my spiritual path, and not have my life focused entirely on food and dieting, so I will be branching out and posting a bit more on some random subjects, family life, thoughts, etc. rather then the more structured style of blog posts last year. So who knows what you may find posted here in the coming year. I’ve even branched out and added a new blog as well: Enchanted Crafts. It will be where my best friend, Mama Kelly, and I showcase creative projects we have done and crafts we are learning.
Mama Kelly and I will also be attending Womon Gathering 2008 in June. It has been over 13 years since either of us have attended a spiritual nature-oriented gathering so we are both totally excited and looking forward to four days where we can meditate, walk in the woods, participate in drum circles, take classes and let our hair down and just BE! It’s time I got back to my “roots” and nourish my spirit, and this gathering will be a wonderful way to do just that.
I’m also taking time to watch my thoughts and working on fine tuning them and changing them to be more positive. I’ve done a great job so far these past 80+ weeks of eating healthy, but now that I have the snacking and over eating under control I also need to work on not beating myself if I am not 100% on track and to get over the deep seated guilt that crops up if I even taste something.
For example, yesterday for dinner I had 2 slices of turkey breast (no skin) and raw veggies (celery sticks, baby carrots and a few cherry tomotoes) – estimated calories all together about 300. But I also had one spoonful of stuffing (I estimated about 100 calories worth) – purtting the total for day at about 1120 calories. My hubby makes incredible stuffing by the way. I ate the stuffing extremely slowly and enjoyed every morsel. Afterwards though guilt started creeping in, and the narrative in my head was going on and on about how little will power I have, I’m weak, I probably gained 10 lbs, etc. etc. etc.
I countered the negative narrative, by using what I call “reparenting” self talk, and eventually worked through the guilt and got my thoughts and attention focused on more positive activities (like going over the pattern for the new crochet project I am planning on starting).
It’s not that I’m giving up or that I don’t care about my weight any more – on the contrary I am planning on trying even harder to get to a heathier weight. But my goal is also to be accepting of myself, as I am right now, and to not obsess over the numbers on the scale. I will continue to work on getting to a healthier weight, but since I lose it so slowly (and sometimes gain lots of weight for no reason), I want to enjoy my life and get my head and heart on track to be positive no matter what happens, and not put being happy on hold until I reach some silly number.
Sure I probably gained about 1 lb from those few bites of stuffing (past indulgences have taught me that is a fact) - but I didn’t even bother to check the scale the this morning. I am not perfect, I can not always just stick to the exact food items I plan on having. However, I can forgive myself. I can allow myself a treat now and then, and not stress over it, accept the consequences and not let it turn into a big binge. In a nutshell, I can trust myself to eat for fuel and make healthy choices, even if I’m not perfect.
So looking ahead as the new year unfolds, for today I am happy, content and filled with creative ideas and spiritual renewal, and I plan on taking each day as it comes and enjoying each one.
Currently Diet Pulpit is rarely updated. Lady Rose is now blogging at Blissful Moon, where she is staying healthy and continuing to have adventures, please stop by and visit.
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January 7th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
1 Ryonn wrote…
>But my goal is also to be accepting of myself<
Yes Yes! That’s very true.
Not having a supermodel body is not the end of the world.
Each person has her own attractive sides.
No need to do copycat things. I pity those majorities who still think about this ‘traditionally’.
Oh yes.. Happy New Year 2008.
Enjoy everyday by simply become more and more you
January 8th, 2008 at 3:13 am
2 Jas wrote…
Consuming low amount of food or by calculating calories won’t work to loss your over weight. Eating right food only helps you to healthy and fit. Diet4idiots
Diet plan gives significant results.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:02 am
3 Lady Rose wrote…
Happy New and thank you for stopping by Ryonn and Jas.
Jas – I know you mean well with your advice but it does NOT work for me – please read my post http://dietpulpit.com/562/my-medical-and-diet-history/ – this will give you an overview of my decades of medical and diet history. THREE doctors and a nutritionist have gone over what I eat and approve and tell me to continue – ALL medically supervised diets are under 1000 calories. Using online calcuations my age, height, etc. I ONLY need 1400 to maintain – so in order to lose 1 lb a week I need to eat 900 calories a day. Those are the facts and I accept them.
Plus I know my genetic family history. My mother and grandmother were similar – a mere one or two bites of anything would cause them to gain. My grandmother watched everything she ate, nibbled only a few crackers, veggies and oatmeal every single day with only an occasional special meal for holidays and managed to get obese though she was a little round – she also walked almost every day. My mom was very heavy almost all her life until she reach 60 – then she dropped it all without dieting, still eating donuts and junk food. The doctors could not figure it out and tested her over and over thinking she was dying and had some serious condition. Now at 68 she is still trim and still eats the same as always junk food every day.